在职场中，特别是外企，我们常常听到一些和颜色有关的习语。

但这些习语的真实意思往往和我们猜测的差很多。
 
比如，pink slip 从字面意思来看，是粉色纸片，其实它指的是解雇通知书。
 
今天我们就来看看职场中那些容易混淆的与色彩相关的短语，希望你看了之后，下次不会再弄错啦。
 
与红色相关的习语
Idioms about red
 
#1 Red hot：猛烈的，大受欢迎的
新的，令人振奋，需求庞大的东西
Something new and exciting, creating much demand
 
The new video game is red-hot. Some fans have been waiting outside stores for days, to get a hold of them!
这些新的电子游戏非常受欢迎。为了抢到它们，有一些粉丝已经等在商店外几天了。
 
 
#2 Catch someone red-handed：逮个正着
发现某人正在犯罪，或者做不该做的事情
To catch someone in the act of committing a crime, or doing something wrong that they shouldn’t be doing
 
He kept lying to me about where he was going in the evenings, so yesterday I followed him and caught him red-handed. He was with another woman!
他总是向我撒谎晚上到底去了哪里。所以昨天，我跟踪他了，逮个正着，发现他居然跟一个女人在一起。
 
 
#3 Red-letter day：重要或值得纪念的日子
值得纪念的日子
A day that is memorable because of some important event
 
The day I graduated was a red-letter day for my mum, she still talks about it today!
我毕业那天对我妈来说是非常重要的日子。至今，她还一直谈论着那天。
 

#4 To see red：火冒三丈
表现得对某人无法抑制愤怒
To react with uncontrollable rage against someone or something
 
Jessie saw red when he heard someone shouting at her mother.
杰西听到有人对他妈妈大喊大叫，就立刻火冒三丈了。
 
 
 
与蓝色有关的习语
 Idioms about blue 
 
#1 Blue ribbon：一流的
很上层的，很高端的（人、团体）
To be of superior quality or distinction, the best of a group
 
A blue ribbon panel of experts were invited to investigate the extraordinary remains.
一些很厉害的专家被邀请来调查这具非常奇特的尸体。
 
#2 Talk a blue streak：连续不断地聊个没
滔滔不绝，不停地说话
When someone talks very much and very rapidly
 
The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a blue streak all day. I don’t where she got the energy from!
我病床旁的那个女人总是滔滔不绝，讲个不停。我不知道她哪来那么多能量的
。
来源：A blue streak，原来指闪电，闪电一闪即逝，是非常迅速的过程，所以常用来描述快速的行动。例如在这个习惯用语里描述是说话其快无比。
 
#3 Blue pencil：删改或删减
 
删减内容
To censor something, or limit the information that is shared
 
The reports about how soldiers were being treated abroad had been blue-pencilled by the authorities.
政府当局删减了有关士兵在国外的所受待遇报道。
 
来源：因为以前的剧作家在修改剧本或者文案的时候，喜欢用蓝色的铅笔在上面写写画画。后来，blue pencil也就引申为“修改，删除，校正，编辑”的意思。
 
 
 
与粉色有关的习语
Idioms about pink
 
#1 Tickled pink：眉开眼笑
对于某事非常开心
To be very pleased, thrilled or delighted about something
 
Anna was tickled pink that her fiancé had made such an effort for her birthday.
安娜看到未婚夫为她生日花了很多心思，感到非常开心。
 

# 2 See pink elephants：喝醉，烂醉如泥
形容看到并不存在的事情，或想象中的事情
When someone sees things that are not really there, because they are in their imagination
 
Anyone who hears his story thinks he sees pink elephants. It’s just such a far-fetched story, and very hard to believe.
任何人听到他这么说，都觉得他是喝醉了。因为这故事太离奇了，难以令人相信
。
 
 
#3 Pink slip：解雇通知书
解雇通知
A termination notice received from a job
 
They gave me my pink slip last week, so I’ve got to find a new job now.
他们上周解雇了我，所以现在我只能找份新工作了。
来源：将近一百年前，美国老板开始用粉红纸条写的解雇通知夹在雇员的工资袋里，告诉他们不用再去上班了。
 
于是，1910年之后，收到pink slip，就说明雇员被解雇了。 
 
#4 In the pink of something：非常健康
表示很健康
Meaning in very good health
 
My grandmother looked ever so well when I saw her, she was in the pink of condition.
我看到奶奶时，她看起来非常健康。
 
 
与金色相关的习语
 Idioms about gold

#1 A golden opportunity：千载难逢的机会
绝佳时机；错过就不会再来的机会
An opportunity that may never present itself again
 
Think carefully about what you’re going to do, this is a golden opportunity, and you don’t want to mess it up
!
仔细想想你到底该做什么。这是个千载难逢的机会，千万别搞砸了。
 
 
#2 A golden handshake：丰厚的离职金
给即将退休的经理、总监或下岗工人的退休金，通常非常丰厚
A large sum of money that is paid to a retiring manager or director, or to a redundant worker
 
The company Chairman received a huge golden handshake when he retired.
这家公司主席退休时，拿了一笔非常丰厚的退休金。
 
#3 Golden boy：有成就的男人
在某些方面非常有成就的男人，特别在体育领域
The term given to a young man idolised for a great skill, usually in sport.
 
By many of his fans, Wayne Rooney is seen as the golden boy of his football team.
在很多粉丝眼中，韦恩·鲁尼被认为是足球队的金童。
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你还知道哪些和颜色相关的习语呢？