雅思口语考试中也可以用这些奇葩的说法！

　　怎么说，我们在雅思口语当中总会用一些中国世的英语说法，几乎不知道要加俗语或者成语。那么今天，教研君来盘点一些用颜色表示的地道的英语俚语，想象一下自己出口成章的样子。

　　1.Black Idioms

　　Blackball someone

　　Meaning:To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them

　　v. 排斥，投反对票 n. 反对票

　　eg：Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.

　　Black sheep

　　Meaning：Used to describe a person who is the ‘odd one out’ of a group, and doesn’t fit in with others around them. This could also be used to talk about someone who is a disgrace or embarrassment to their group.

　　n. 害群之马，败家子

　　eg：I have always been the black sheep in my family, I have a completely different personality to all of them, and we don’t even look the same!

　　2. Blue Idioms

　　A blue-eyed boy

　　Meaning：A critical description of a boy or young man who is always picked for special favours by someone in a position of higher authority.

　　n. 宠儿.

　　eg：He is such a blue-eyed boy! I don’t like that the manager always treats him as if he is special, it is not fair on the rest of us!

　　Blue in the face

　　Meaning：To try really hard to win someone’s agreement, but usually end unsuccessfully

　　n. 徒劳无功

　　eg：I kept trying to convince him that it was a good idea until I was blue in the face, but he’s so stubborn, he just kept disagreeing with me!

　　3.Green Idioms

　　To be green

　　Meaning：Used to describe someone who is immature, or inexperienced.

　　n. 未成熟的，菜鸟。

　　eg：He can be rather green sometimes. I don’t think he’s ready to be promoted to a higher position yet.

　　Green with envy

　　Meaning：Used to describe someone who is extremely jealous, full of envy.

　　嫉妒

　　eg：When we were children, my older brother always used to get green with envy if my dad bought something for me and not for him.

　　4.Pink Idioms

　　Tickled pink

　　Meaning：To be very pleased, thrilled or delighted about something.

　　高兴极了

　　eg：Anna was tickled pink that her fiancé had made such an effort for her birthday.

　　In the pink of something

　　Meaning：in very good health

　　用来形容某人身体非常健康。

　　eg：My grandmother looked ever so well when I saw her, she was in the pink of condition.

　　5.Red Idioms

　　Red-eye

　　Meaning：A journey that leaves late at night and arrives early in the morning

　　夜间航班

　　eg：We had to catch the red-eye flight last night, and I’m completely exhausted now.

　　Red-letter day

　　Meaning：A day that is memorable because of some important event.

　　对于某个人来说，那是指发生好事的一天，有重要意义的一天。

　　eg：The day I graduated was a red-letter day for my mum, she still talks about it today!

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