有时候回家洗漱完坐着休息时，我会突然发现自己身上莫名多出来“青一块，紫一块”，它用英语来说就是「Black and blue」。
嗯？“紫一块”不应该是 Purple 吗？
其实很多表达色彩的单词不只是用来描述颜色，还有很多别的意思。
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Katie was green with envy when she saw you got a new car for your birthday.
当卡蒂看到你收到了一辆车作为生日礼物，她非常的羡慕和嫉妒。
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You're going to Sanya for the weekend? OMG, I'm green with envy.
你周末要去三亚吗？天哪，我羡慕死了。
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My mother has a green thumb- she can make anything grow!
我妈妈是园艺高手，她能让所有植物都长得很好。
Black thumb
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I have a black thumb- everything I try to grow dies. 我是一个园艺才能不好的人，我养的所有植物都会枯萎了。
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Rachel is the black sheep in the family because she is an artist whereas everyone else is an economist.
Rachel在家族里独树一帜，因为除了她是艺术家，而家里其他人都是经济学家。
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I didn’t like her dress, but I told a white lie because I didn’t want to offend her.
我不喜欢她的裙子，但为了不冒犯她，我对她说了个善意的谎言。
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I told him I was busy. I figured a white lie is better than hurting his feelings.
我告诉她我很忙, 因为我觉得善意的谎言总比伤害她的感情要好得多。
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John’s face was black and blue after the boxing match. 在拳击比赛之后，John的脸上青一块紫一块的。 -
I felt like I was black and blue all over. 我感觉浑身都受伤了。
Black out
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We had a huge black out here last night. The whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!
昨晚这里全黑了，整个镇停电了将近7个小时。
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I don’t know what happened to him. He just blacked out! Maybe he banged his head.
我不知道发生了什么，他突然昏过去了。可能是撞到了头。
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Jerry used to sell cigarettes from South America on the black market!
Jerry过去在黑市上卖南美的香烟。
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Don't buy your phone on the street, it could be black market and besides it could be fake.
不要在这条街上买手机，这应该是黑市，所以可能会买到假货。
Blackball someone
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Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore. 自从报纸上遍布丑闻之后，他们的公司就一直被孤立。没有人想跟他们做生意。
In someone’s black books
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After that argument yesterday, I assure you he will be in a lot of people’s black books for quite some time!
经过昨天的争论，我保证他将在相当长的一段时间之内被列为许多人的黑名单。
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Well, it took years but I'm finally out of my wife's family's black books. 虽然花了几年的时间，但是我终于从我妻子娘家的黑名单里除名了。
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