black and blue
青腫的，瘀血的; 遍體鱗傷的
The rascal beat him black and blue.
那個流氓把他打得遍體鱗傷。
in black and white
被寫下來；白紙黑字
The terms of the contract were in black and white.
合同中的條款白紙黑字寫得清清楚楚。
in the black
（賬戶上）有錢，有盈餘
She wishes her bank account were in the black.
她希望她的銀行賬戶有盈餘。
black market
黑市；黑市交易
Most of the objects were bought from the black market.
大部分物品是從黑市買來的。
black economy
黑市經營；非法經濟
The size of the black economy is reducing in this city.
這個城市黑市經營的規模正在縮小。
black list
黑名單; 將...列入黑名單
She doesn’t want to receive any messages from him. So he is black listed now.
她不想收到他的任何信息, 所以他現在已被列入黑名單。
black sheep
敗家子；害群之馬
Johnny thinks that his older brother is the black sheep of the family.
約翰尼認為他的哥哥是這個家族的害群之馬。
not as black as he/she/it is painted
不像別人說得那麼壞
She is not a kind person, but she’s not as black as she’s painted.
她不是一個善良的人，但她也不像別人說得那麼壞。
paint a black picture of sth/sb
把（形勢）描繪得很嚴峻；把（某人）說得很壞
the pot calling the kettle black
鍋笑壺黑，五十步笑百步
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