有關(guān)顏色、數(shù)字的習(xí)語詞組課件

PhrasesaboutcolorsandnumberPPTmaker:YunpengZhangInformationSeekers:MinLin/YunpengLou/LihuiFang/Speaker:YunpengZhangYellowOneYellowYellowlookYellowjournalismYellowdogyellowjacket懷疑的目光黃色新聞忘恩負義之徒(中國清代的)黃馬褂；〈美俚〉黃色胡蜂Yellow-bellyYellow-coveredYellowcake黃餅；雞蛋糕膽小，懦弱無用的，廉價的RedTwoRedOnsuchared-letterday,wefindourfinancehasbeenintheredbecauseoftheofficial’sredtape,butwhenwetrytofigureoutthedetails,theofficialpromisesabonus(紅利)asredasaredherring.red-letterday-----adaythatyouwillforeverrememberbecausesthgoodhappenstoyouthen.大喜日子,重要的日子inthered-----ifapersonoracompanyisintheend,theyhavespentmoremoneythantheyhaveintheirbankaccount.負債redtape-----officialrulesorproceduresseemunnecessaryandcausedelay.官樣文章；繁文縟節(jié)；形式主義red-herring-----unimportantthingswhichalwaystakesyourattentionawayfromthemainissuesthatshouldbeconsidered.原意：紅鯡魚引申意：為分散注意力而提出的不相干事實或論點

OtherPhrasesThepresidentwastreatedtothered-carpetinRome.總統(tǒng)在羅馬收到隆重的接待We’llsoonbeoutofthered.我們很快扭虧為盈red-bloodedred-pencilred-hotred-lightdistrict精力充沛的，活躍的修改，檢查，刪除熾熱的，非常激動的，最新的<美>紅燈區(qū)Put

two

and

two

together根據(jù)已知情況作出合理推斷Have

two

left

feet形容笨手笨腳in

takes

two

to

tango一個巴掌拍不響no

one

can

serve

two

masters

一仆難侍二主Nomancandotwothingsatonce一心不可二用.Oncebitten,twiceshy一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩.lesser

of

the

two

evils(災(zāi)禍)

兩害相權(quán)取其輕two

can

play

at

that

game

以其之道還彼之身GreenShewasquitegreen,whichshefoundalltheleadingactorshadtheirowngreenhouse;andthatmakeshergreenwithenvy.green-----sbisgreenmeanshehaslittleexperienceoflifeoraparticularjob;缺乏經(jīng)驗的greenhouse-----restingroomforspecialpersons;溫室；為特殊人員準備的休息室greenwithenvy-----veryenviousindeed;心中充滿嫉妒

three

sheets

to

the

wind

酩酊大醉the

third

degree

逼供Threescoreandten古稀之年two's

company,three's

a

crowd兩人成伴，三人不歡I'll

love

you

three

score

and

ten我會一輩子愛你的BlueThegirlwithbluebloodcametothepartyonceinabluemoonBlueblood(orblue-blooded<adj.>)-----referstopersonformaroyalornoblefamily.貴族血統(tǒng)Onceinabluemoon-----impossiblethings(nobloommoonatall).很少發(fā)生的事情；千載難逢OtherPhrasesBlue-eyedboysOutoftheblueBlue-skybargainingDrinktillall’sblueAboltfromtheblueTheboysinblueBlueribbonprize沒有預(yù)料到的紅人，受寵的人漫天討價；blue-sky：不切實際的一醉方休晴天霹靂，突如其來的打擊警察一等獎（一等獎會用藍色的帶子包扎）have

forty

winks

白天打盹on

all

fours

四肢著地the

four

corners

of

the

earth

世界各地four-letter

word

粗話four

square

直率的PinkFivePinkTickledpinkFeelinthepinkPinkcollarPinkteaPinkslip粉領(lǐng)族(指婦女從事的職業(yè)如護士、秘書等)午后茶會,正式茶會Seeing

pink

elephants醉酒出現(xiàn)幻覺感到萬分高興健康有力解雇通知書BlackSixBlackBlackdogBlackletterdayBlacksmithBlacksheepBlackleg憂郁、不開心的人倒霉的一天鐵匠害群之馬，敗家子騙子Blacktea紅茶Thepotcallsthekettleblack五十步笑百步Blackspot事故多發(fā)地點Blackinface非常生氣Not

as

black

as

somebody

is

painted不像別人說的那么不好Black

book/blacklist黑名單the

black

market黑市WhiteSevenWhiteItoldhimawhiteliewhichmadehimwhitewithfury,butwhenherealizedhisprojectisawhiteelephant,hisfaceturnedaswhiteasasheet.awhitelie-----aharmlessliethatwillhurtnoone善意的謊言whitewithfury-----veryangry,orenraged因憤怒而發(fā)狂awhiteelephant-----averycostlypossessionthatisworthlesstoitsownerandonlyacauseoftrouble無用而累贅的東西aswhiteasasheet-----depressedordisappointed面色蒼白be

in

seventh

heaven

快樂無比the

seventh

son

of

a

seventh

son

非常重要的后代seven-league飛毛腿the

seven

year

itch

七年之癢thesevendeadlysins七宗罪eighty-seven刻骨的愛；八十七個ThedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesenumeralidioms英漢數(shù)字習(xí)語的差異Psychology:InChina,peopleliketheevennumberswhicharethoughttobetheluckynumber,suchas“十全十美”(tothenine).ButinEnglish,itisconsideredthattheoddnumber,exceptforthirteen,isassociatedwithgoodluck.Forexample,“onehundredandonethanks”(十分感謝)、“All

good

things

go

by

three”(好事成三)、“inone’sseventhheaven”(十分快樂)、“onethousandandonethingstodo”(日理萬機)ThedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesenumeralidioms英漢數(shù)字習(xí)語的差異Culturalbackground:Differentidio