漲知識：8個與顏色有關的地道俚語

Black and blue

含義：被暴打了一頓，臉上青一塊紫一塊。形容打架鬥毆或是練拳擦掌的時候都能用得到。

【例句】After Sam lost the wrestling match he was black and blue.
山姆摔跤比賽結束後（臉上）青一塊紫一塊的。

Black sheep of the family

含義：一羣白羊裏面就你一隻黑的，這種家族畫風和別人明顯不一樣的就可以說“Black sheep of the family“——注意了，和我們傳統意義上說的”鶴立雞羣“不一樣，這個詞組是帶有貶義的。

【例句】My sisters are so successful. One is a doctor, the other is an engineer but I'm the black sheep of the family. My parents hate me sometimes because I get pretty bad grades. :(
我的姐姐都很成功：一個是醫生，另一個是工程師，只有我是“壞了一鍋湯的老鼠屎”——我的父母有時候真的很討厭我，因爲我成績差的不行。

Black tie event

含義：至非常正式的活動或是宴會——男性常被要求西裝革履，女性則是款款長裙。

【例句】The Oscars is one of the world’s most famous black tie events.
奧斯卡是全世界最出名的盛裝場合。

Out of the blue

含義：出乎意料，所料不及。

【例句】One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving.
有一天，她出人意料地宣佈她要離開了。

Catch someone red-handed

含義：幹壞事被人抓包了

【例句】Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by and caught him red-handed.
湯姆正在偷車的時候被路過的警察抓個正着。

To paint the town red

含義：出去浪，參加派對浪浪浪~

【例句】They were out painting the town red last night.
昨晚他們都出去耍了~

Roll out the red carpet

含義：隆重歡迎熱烈歡迎。這個俚語源自好萊塢。當明星盛裝出場、走紅毯被衆生包圍歡呼之時，生動形象的刻畫了這個俚語。

【例句】They were ready to roll out the red carpet when they heard that a celeb was in their city until they realized he was not the real McCoy.
聽說名人來到他們所在的城市時，他們準備隆重歡迎一下的，結果發現來的不是本人。

Green thumb

含義：有園藝天賦。

【例句】Jillian has quite a green thumb; look at her tomato patch!
吉莉安很有園藝天賦；看看她的土豆地呀！