眾所周知，顏色主要有七種，可就這麼幾種顏色卻構成了色彩斑斕的世界。與此相似，描述顏色的詞在浩瀚的語言詞彙的海洋裡也就那麼寥寥數個，但它們卻構成了許許多多的習語，為語言的表達增添了美麗的色彩。下面就為大家彙總了一些英語中與顏色相關的習語。快來學習一下吧~（PS：內容比較多，建議大家收藏之後慢慢學習和練習哦！）
1，紅色 Red
give someone a red face 使某人感到尷尬或羞愧
His answer really gives me a red face 他的回答真的讓我很尷尬。
have a red face 感到很尷尬或羞愧
She had a red face to steal her mother’s money 她為偷了媽媽的錢感到羞愧。
show someone the red card 解僱某人。
His boss finally showed him the red card 他的老闆最終還是把他解僱了。
not give a red cent for something 不看好某事
His father doesn‘t give a red cent for his superstar dream 他父親不看好他的明星夢。
not have a red cent 一文不值
The idea he presented did not have a red cent 他提出的意見毫無價值。
on red alert 處於緊急戒備狀態
All the nearby hospitals are on red alert 所有附近的醫院都處於緊急狀態之中。
see the red light 表示意識到臨近的危險
The engineer failed to see the red light 工程師沒能發覺危險的迫近。
catch someone red-handed 當場；正在作案；當場抓獲
She was caught red-handed stealing $100 她被當場抓獲偷了100美元。
roll out the red carpet 隆重歡迎
They rolled out the red carpet for me 他們非常隆重地接待了我。
red tape 繁瑣的手續、官僚作風
I’ve given up trying to get a visa； there is too much red tape involved。
我不想再去辦簽證了，繁文縟節太多了。
a red rag to a bull 使人憤怒的東西
That kind of words is like a red rag to a bull 這種話簡直就是火上澆油。
be in the red 虧損、有赤字、負債
We have spent so much money recently that our bank balance must be in the red。
我們最近花了太多錢，以致我們在銀行的賬目出現了赤字。
paint the town red 狂歡；花天酒地
Today is Friday！ Let’s paint the town red tonight 今天是週五！晚上咱們狂歡一下吧！
Neither fish， flesh， fowl， nor good red herring 不三不四、不倫不類
2，黑色 black
a black lie 用心險惡的謊言
A white lie is better than a black lie 善意的謊言總比惡意的要好。
black in the face 非常氣憤
He went black in the face when I told him I had crashed his car。
我告訴他，我把他車子毀了時，他滿臉怒氣。
In black and white 白紙黑字
It was in the agreement， in black and white 協議裡都白紙黑字地寫著呢。
black and blue 青一塊紫一塊；遍體鱗傷；傷痕累累
Whenever she refused， he’d beat her black and blue。
只要她拒絕他，他就會把她打得青一塊紫一塊。
black ice 透明薄冰
There is black ice on many roads 很多路上都結了透明薄冰。
swear black is white 顛倒黑白，強詞奪理
He would swear black is white if he thought it would further his career。
如果他認為這會促進他的事業，那他就是在顛倒黑白。
black spot 交通事故多發地段，不景氣地區
The accident happened on a notorious black spot on the A43。
事故發生在A43號公路上一個出了名的事故多發地段。
Two blacks don’t make a white 錯上加錯不是對。
as black as thunder 面帶怒容，臉色陰森的
He looked as black as thunder 他臉色陰沉，好像要大發脾氣的樣子。
as black as one is painted 多壞有多壞
He is not as black as he is painted 他並不像人們所說的那樣壞。
black sheep （of the family） 敗家子；有辱門第的人
She never went to college， she’s the black sheep of the family。
她沒考上大學，是他們家裡的異類。
3，白色 white
white elephant 昂貴而無用的東西
This new furniture is absolutely an expensive white elephant。
這件新傢俱絕對是昂貴的擺設。
hang out the white flag 認輸、投降
The besieged city at length hung out the white flag 被圍城市終於投降了。
white lie 善意的謊言
When Helen asked me if I liked her dress， I told her a white lie so she wouldn‘t feel bad。
昨天當Helen問我喜不喜歡她的裙子的時候，為了不讓她那麼難過，我對她說了一個善意的謊言。
white war 不流血的戰爭，常指“經濟競爭”
What we face is the white war today 今天我們面臨的是沒有硝煙的戰爭。
white night 不眠之夜
He spent a white night 他度過了一個不眠之夜。
white coffee 牛奶咖啡
Wayne has a large White coffee in front of him 韋恩面前擺著一大杯牛奶咖啡。
a very white man 非常忠實可靠的人
Mr。 Brown is a very white man 布朗先生是個非常忠實可靠的人。
bleed someone white 榨盡某人的錢財
The tax man is trying to bleed me white 稅務員正想榨乾我的血汗錢。
white hope 被指望大可獲得成功的人或物
He was once the great white hope of British boxing 他曾一度是英國拳擊的希望所在。
white about the gills 非常害怕
He looked white about the gills when he saw a black shadow in the moon light。
他在月光下看到了一個黑影，嚇得臉色發白。
4，藍色 blue
out of the blue 出乎意外地
He got mad at me out of blue 他毫無徵兆地突然衝我發火。
have the blues 情緒不好，難過或失落
Bob‘s dog died last week and he’s been feeling blue ever since。
Bob 的狗上週去世了，他之後情緒一直都不好。
vanish into the blue 突然消失
When he saw her， all his worries vanished into the blue。
當他看到她時，一切煩惱都消失得無影無蹤。
a bolt from the blue 意外事件
His sudden death came as a bolt from the blue 他的突然去世猶如晴天霹靂。
blue devils 憂愁、沮喪
Being out of health， she was sorely afflicted with the blue devils。
由於身體不好，她變得極為憂鬱。
blue blood 貴族血統；名門望族
Though poor， he was blue blood in his veins 他人雖窮，出身卻高貴。
true blue 守舊派
Her husband is a true blue Tory 她丈夫是堅定的保守黨黨員。
make the air turn blue 大罵不止，怒罵
When he saw what she had done， he made the air turn blue。
在他看到她所做的一切後，他破口大罵。
scream blue murder 大喊大叫，大聲驚呼
When the doctor stuck the needle into her arm， the child screamed blue murder。
當醫生把針扎進小孩的胳膊時，她大叫起來。
sb’s blue-eyed boy 某人眼中的紅人
He was the media’s blue-eyed boy 他是媒體的寵兒。
blue funk 極度的驚恐，非常焦慮
He was in a blue funk！ Worse than me！ 他神經極為緊張！比我還糟！
talk a blue streak 滔滔不絕地說
Those workers cans ure talk a blue streak 那些工人們可以連續不斷地聊個沒完。
once in a blue moon 千載難逢，極少
We go out once in a blue moon 我們難得出去玩。
5，綠色 green
green with envy 妒忌
Tom was green with envy with his brother’s new toy car
Tom很嫉妒他哥哥的新玩具車。
give / get the green light 批准/ 獲得批准
The government has given the green light in providing free schools to the poor refugee children
政府為那些可憐的難民兒童免費上學開了綠燈。
I got the green light from my boss to begin the project
老闆批准我開始這個項目了。
to be green 稚嫩
He can be rather green sometimes， I don’t think he’s ready to be promoted to a higher position yet
有的時候，他表現的相當不成熟。我認為他還沒有充分做好晉升的準備。
green hand 新手
She is a green hand at such things 做這樣的事，她是個新手。
as green as grass 幼稚的，易受騙的
When she left school and started her first job， she was as green as grass。
她走出校門剛開始工作時，非常幼稚。
green in my eye 我容易受騙的樣子
Do you see any green in my eye？ 你看我是否經驗不夠？
green old age 老當益壯
He has occupied a couple of years of green old age in writing a book。
他在老當益壯的時候花了一兩年功夫寫了本書。
green power 金錢的力量
green power istoo important for him 金錢的力量對他太重要了。
green thumb / fingers 園藝手藝
My husband has a green thumb and is a very patient person
我先生很會種這些花花草草的，而且很有耐心。
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence。 鄰家芳草綠，隔岸風景好。（也可以表示別人的東西或處境好像總比自己的好）。
6,灰色 grey
the men in grey suits 幕後操縱者
The police finally found the men in grey suits for this case。
警察找到了這次案件的幕後操縱者。
grey matter = little grey cells 頭腦、智力
If you use your grey matter/ little grey cells， you can solve this math problem
假如你動腦子了，你就能解決這個數學問題。
grey area 灰色地帶、沒有確定的範圍
There is no gray area in Jerry’s world 在Jerry的世界裡，沒有灰色地帶。
get grey hair from 因。。。而煩惱不安
He got grey hair from the debt of his company 他因公司的債務問題煩惱不安。
give grey hair to 使。。。煩惱不堪
The debt of his company give grey hair to him 公司的債務問題讓他煩惱不堪。
7,黃色 yellow
a yellow streak （ down one’s back ） 怯弱
He has a yellow streak 他個性有點懦弱。
yellow Journalism 誇張或聳人聽聞的報章報道
Many magazines use yellow Journalism to sell copy。
許多雜誌用譁眾取寵的辦報作風來增加銷售量。
yellow pages 黃頁（指分類電話簿）
I can find travel agent in the yellow pages 我可以在黃頁上找到旅行社代理。
8，褐色 brown
（ as ） brown as a berry 黝黑的
The sunbed make me as brown as a berry 日光浴把我曬得黝黑。
a brown study 沉思、遐想
I didn’t speak to him as he seemed to be in a brown study
我沒有跟他說話，他好像在沉思。
9，紫色 purple
a purple patch 詞藻華麗的段落、故弄玄虛之處
The actor is now having a purple patch but he does not know how long it will last
這演員現在正走運，但他不曉得這種光景能維持多久。
born to/ in the purple 出生王室或貴族
Those born to/ in the purple are destined to live in the public eye。
那些出身貴族的人，其一言一行勢必要引起公眾的關注。
marry in/ into the purple 嫁入王室
Many girls want to marry in/ into the purple 很多女孩都想嫁入豪門。
10，粉紅色 pink
be tickled pink 很滿意
We hope you‘ll be tickled pink！我們希望你能使人開心
be in the pink 紅潤健康
A glass of red wine keeps you in the pink 一杯紅酒有益健康。
pink of perfection 狀態極佳
Their new cook seems to be the pink of perfection 他們的新廚師看來是好到了極點。
pink slip 解僱通知書
He told them they’d better shape up or they’ll get a pink slip 。
他告訴他們要好好幹，否則就會被炒魷魚。
strike me pink 真見鬼；真讓人吃驚
Well， strike me pink， you didn’t know your aunt was dead？
真讓我吃驚，你不知道自己的阿姨去世了？！
你還知道哪些和顏色有關的英語習語，歡迎留言分享哦~
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