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？

01.非常嫉妒的
Green with envy

• 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。

  
  

• 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。

  
  

02.
园艺高手
Green thumb

• 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。

  
  
  
  

03.园艺小白(园艺才能不好的人)

Black thumb

• 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。
  

04.害群之马；独树一帜（群体中与众不同的个体）
Black sheep

• 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。
  

05.善意的谎言
White lie

• 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。

  
  

• 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。
  

06.受伤, 青一块紫一块
Black and blue

• 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。
  

07.昏厥；停电
Black out

• 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。

  
  

• 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。

  
  

08.黑市
Black market

• 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。

  
  

• 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。

  
  

09.（在群体中）孤立某人
Blackball someone

• 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。
  

10.
在某人的黑名单里
In someone’s black books

• 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。

• 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。