爱思英语编者按:中文里,我们可以用颜色表示情绪,举个简单的例子,脸都羞红了,吓得脸色发白,脸都气青了。同样,在英文中也有用颜色渲染心情的。来学一下吧,都是很地道的表达。
英文口语用“颜色”渲染心情
1. She is red with anger.
她气得满脸通红。
2. All the family is in the pink .
全家人的身体都好极了。
3. Do you see any green in my eye?
你以为我那么好骗吗?
4. You get a chance like this only once in a blue moon.
这种机会真是千载难逢。
5. Though I believe in telling the truth, I think a white lie is sometimes justified.
虽然我认为应该说实话,但我认为善意的谎言有时也是无可非议的。
6. He insisted on putting the agreement down in black and white .
他坚持要把这项协议用白纸黑字写下来。
7. I can't even talk about it, except to you, because anybody else would think I was yellow .
除你之外,这种事不能对别人说,因为他们会觉得我是个胆小鬼。