有关颜色、数字的习语词组课件

PhrasesaboutcolorsandnumberPPTmaker:YunpengZhangInformationSeekers:MinLin/YunpengLou/LihuiFang/Speaker:YunpengZhangYellowOneYellowYellowlookYellowjournalismYellowdogyellowjacket怀疑的目光黄色新闻忘恩负义之徒(中国清代的)黄马褂；〈美俚〉黄色胡蜂Yellow-bellyYellow-coveredYellowcake黄饼；鸡蛋糕胆小，懦弱无用的，廉价的RedTwoRedOnsuchared-letterday,wefindourfinancehasbeenintheredbecauseoftheofficial’sredtape,butwhenwetrytofigureoutthedetails,theofficialpromisesabonus(红利)asredasaredherring.red-letterday-----adaythatyouwillforeverrememberbecausesthgoodhappenstoyouthen.大喜日子,重要的日子inthered-----ifapersonoracompanyisintheend,theyhavespentmoremoneythantheyhaveintheirbankaccount.负债redtape-----officialrulesorproceduresseemunnecessaryandcausedelay.官样文章；繁文缛节；形式主义red-herring-----unimportantthingswhichalwaystakesyourattentionawayfromthemainissuesthatshouldbeconsidered.原意：红鲱鱼引申意：为分散注意力而提出的不相干事实或论点

OtherPhrasesThepresidentwastreatedtothered-carpetinRome.总统在罗马收到隆重的接待We’llsoonbeoutofthered.我们很快扭亏为盈red-bloodedred-pencilred-hotred-lightdistrict精力充沛的，活跃的修改，检查，删除炽热的，非常激动的，最新的<美>红灯区Put

two

and

two

together根据已知情况作出合理推断Have

two

left

feet形容笨手笨脚in

takes

two

to

tango一个巴掌拍不响no

one

can

serve

two

masters

一仆难侍二主Nomancandotwothingsatonce一心不可二用.Oncebitten,twiceshy一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳.lesser

of

the

two

evils(灾祸)

两害相权取其轻two

can

play

at

that

game

以其之道还彼之身GreenShewasquitegreen,whichshefoundalltheleadingactorshadtheirowngreenhouse;andthatmakeshergreenwithenvy.green-----sbisgreenmeanshehaslittleexperienceoflifeoraparticularjob;缺乏经验的greenhouse-----restingroomforspecialpersons;温室；为特殊人员准备的休息室greenwithenvy-----veryenviousindeed;心中充满嫉妒

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两人成伴，三人不欢I'll

love

you

three

score

and

ten我会一辈子爱你的BlueThegirlwithbluebloodcametothepartyonceinabluemoonBlueblood(orblue-blooded<adj.>)-----referstopersonformaroyalornoblefamily.贵族血统Onceinabluemoon-----impossiblethings(nobloommoonatall).很少发生的事情；千载难逢OtherPhrasesBlue-eyedboysOutoftheblueBlue-skybargainingDrinktillall’sblueAboltfromtheblueTheboysinblueBlueribbonprize没有预料到的红人，受宠的人漫天讨价；blue-sky：不切实际的一醉方休晴天霹雳，突如其来的打击警察一等奖（一等奖会用蓝色的带子包扎）have

forty

winks

白天打盹on

all

fours

四肢着地the

four

corners

of

the

earth

世界各地four-letter

word

粗话four

square

直率的PinkFivePinkTickledpinkFeelinthepinkPinkcollarPinkteaPinkslip粉领族(指妇女从事的职业如护士、秘书等)午后茶会,正式茶会Seeing

pink

elephants醉酒出现幻觉感到万分高兴健康有力解雇通知书BlackSixBlackBlackdogBlackletterdayBlacksmithBlacksheepBlackleg忧郁、不开心的人倒霉的一天铁匠害群之马，败家子骗子Blacktea红茶Thepotcallsthekettleblack五十步笑百步Blackspot事故多发地点Blackinface非常生气Not

as

black

as

somebody

is

painted不像别人说的那么不好Black

book/blacklist黑名单the

black

market黑市WhiteSevenWhiteItoldhimawhiteliewhichmadehimwhitewithfury,butwhenherealizedhisprojectisawhiteelephant,hisfaceturnedaswhiteasasheet.awhitelie-----aharmlessliethatwillhurtnoone善意的谎言whitewithfury-----veryangry,orenraged因愤怒而发狂awhiteelephant-----averycostlypossessionthatisworthlesstoitsownerandonlyacauseoftrouble无用而累赘的东西aswhiteasasheet-----depressedordisappointed面色苍白be

in

seventh

heaven

快乐无比the

seventh

son

of

a

seventh

son

非常重要的后代seven-league飞毛腿the

seven

year

itch

七年之痒thesevendeadlysins七宗罪eighty-seven刻骨的爱；八十七个ThedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesenumeralidioms英汉数字习语的差异Psychology:InChina,peopleliketheevennumberswhicharethoughttobetheluckynumber,suchas“十全十美”(tothenine).ButinEnglish,itisconsideredthattheoddnumber,exceptforthirteen,isassociatedwithgoodluck.Forexample,“onehundredandonethanks”(十分感谢)、“All

good

things

go

by

three”(好事成三)、“inone’sseventhheaven”(十分快乐)、“onethousandandonethingstodo”(日理万机)ThedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesenumeralidioms英汉数字习语的差异Culturalbackground:Differentidio