英文中的颜色：有关蓝色的短语俚语

蓝色在英语文化中也是非常重要的存在，比如之前讲过的为什么很多迪士尼公主的衣服都是蓝色;此外，它还与“悲伤难过”的情绪相关。

前面我们讲了与黑色和绿色相关的表达，今天就来看看蓝色。

　1

Out of the blue

出乎意料：没有任何征兆的出现，突然发生

Greg has decided to quit his job out of the blue, and go travelling for a year!

格雷格突然辞了工作，外出旅行了!

　2

Blue pencil

用蓝铅笔校订：对分享的内容审查或删节;在美式俚语中还可以表示“否决，不批准”

The reports about how soldiers were being treated abroad had been blue-penciled by the authorities.

当局对士兵在国外所受待遇的报告进行了审查。

3

A blue-eyed boy

宠儿，红人：(贬义)出于一些原因，特别受上级中意的孩子或年轻男子

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!

他可真是个宠儿!经理总对他搞特殊，一点也不公平，真让人讨厌!

　4

A bolt from the blue

晴天霹雳：坏消息不期而至

It was a complete bolt from the blue for us, we had no idea that they were having problems, let alone getting divorced!

我们完全没想到他俩有问题，更不用说离婚了，这真是个晴天霹雳!

5

Blue blood

贵族血统：描述某人出身高贵，家庭富裕

对时尚圈有所了解的人一定知道“四大杂志，六大蓝血，八大红血”，所谓蓝血就是指奢侈品中的精英，顶级品牌中的NO.1。

这六个品牌分别来自三个国家：法国的Dior(迪奥)、Chanel(香奈儿)、Louis Vuitton(路易斯威登)、意大利的Gucci(古驰)、Prada(普拉达)、美国的Calvin Klein(CK)。

Many of the blue bloods in our town were invited to the royal wedding.

镇上的贵族都收到了皇室婚礼的邀请。

6

Blue ribbon

蓝绶带：品质最佳或最高荣誉，最优秀的群体

在料理界，也有蓝带厨艺学校，不知是否系出同门呀~

Blue ribbon panels of experts were invited to investigate the extraordinary remains.

权威专家小组受邀调查这些不寻常的遗体。

　7

Talk a blue streak

滔滔不绝地讲话，语速还快

The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a blue streak all day.

邻床那位女士整日滔滔不绝连珠炮似地跟我讲话。

　8

Feel blue

情绪低落：描述某人情绪不佳或不满意

What’s that the matter with you today? You seem really blue. Is there something you’d like to talk about?

你看起来不太开心呀，怎么了?愿意跟我聊聊吗?

　9

Blue in the face

努力劝说某人，但往往无劳而返

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!

我不停告诉他这是个好主意，可是直到我说的面红耳赤，他还是固执己见，不听我的!

10

once in a blue moon

千载难逢：极少发生或一辈子才能遇见一次的事

My sister is working in Africa, she hardly ever has the time to call us. My parents only hear from her once in a blue moon.

姐姐在非洲工作，几乎没时间联系我们。父母也很少接到她的电话。