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雅思口语考试中也可以用这些奇葩的说法!

2016-08-02 环球教育

  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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