中西文化常识(四).pptVIP

She’s been in a really black mood all day. Rory shot her a black look. The company has plunged $37 million in the red. The new trainees are still too green. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. (green with envy) He’d been feeling blue all week. Red Associated with celebrations joyful occasions. 1. red-letter days 2. paint the town red 3. roll out the red carpet for someone 4. 红双喜 5. 开门红 6. 红白喜事 7. 红火 Red Associated with certain emotions. 1. red-faced, 脸红 2. see red 3. waving a red flag 4. 红光满面 5. 红茶 Red Associated with revolution and socialism. 1. red guard, 红卫兵 2. 又红又专 3. 一颗红心 4. 红星 White Referring to color： White Not referring to color： 1. in vain / 白费事 2. 白送 / give away, free of charge 3. 白开水 / boiled water 4. 白肉 / plain boiled pork 5. 坦白 / to confess, to make a clean breast of things 6. 白痴 / idiot 7. 白话 / vernacular 8. 白班 / day shift 9. 白日做梦 / spin daydreams 10. white elephant / 昂贵而无用之物 Black Associated with negative qualities: Blue Associated with unhappy feelings: In a blue mood, a blue Monday, do sth till you are blue in the face (徒劳无功) Associated with high social position or being aristocratic [.?rist?kr?tik] : He’s a real blue blood. Blue book (蓝皮书,? 答题本,? 社会知名人士名录,? 美国政府官员名录) Green Green with envy Green bean / French bean Green tea The government has decided to give the green light to the plan. Green hand He looks green the moment hearing the news. Try to adopt a greener lifestyle. Yellow yellow journalism yellow pages yellow book 黄色电影 黄色书刊 yellow card yellow line Literature Legends and Mythology Religion Allusions from Literature Forgive and forget. That’s all Greek to me. All’s well that ends well. All is not gold that glitters. Discretion is the better part of valour. The empty vessels make the greatest