Saturday, March 28, 2009

COLOR EXPRESSIONS

WHITE COLOR IDIOMS

White in British culture is traditionally associated with purity and innocence. See if you can work out the meaning of the following white colour idioms word for word. Then check your understanding by reading examples of how they are used in context. Finally, check again against the explanations given.

  1. go as white as a sheet
  2. white coffeea
  3. white-collar worker
  4. tell a white lie
  5. whiter than white

Examples:

  1. The news must've been bad. She went as white as a sheet when she read the telegram.
  2. Do you want white or black coffee? - White please. Well, dark brown, actually - just a dash of milk.
  3. He hopes to get a white-collar job, though, with his level of education, he'll be lucky to get a blue-collar one.
  4. It's OK to tell a white lie. It doesn't do any harm and it nearly always does some good.
  5. She's whiter than white - the image of perfection. In her entire life she has never put a foot wrong.

    - go as white as a sheet: become extremely pale in the face

    - white coffee: coffee with milk (note: not white tea; instead: tea with milk)

    - white-collar worker: an office worker (note blue-collar = factory or physical work)

    - tell a white lie: telling a lie to avoid making someone upset

- whiter than white: someone who is totally fair and honest

Sunday, March 1, 2009

HOC TIENG ANH QUA THANH NGU

EYES IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. to view with a jaundiced eye: Nhìn bằng con mắt ghen tức
  2. to have a good eye for: đánh giá cao, coi trọng
  3. to have one's eye on; to keep an eye on: để ý, theo dõi
  4. to open one's eyes: đã sáng mắt ra
  5. an eye for an eye: ăn miếng trả miếng
  6. to be all eyes: nhìn chằm chằm
  7. to be up to the eyes in (work / debt) công việc ngập đầu; nợ nần ngập đầu
  8. to cast sheep's eyes liếc mắt đưa tình9.
  9. to catch the speaker's eye được người đang nói chú ý (giơ tay phát biểu)
  10. to clap (set) one's eyes on nhìn
  11. eyes front! nhìn đằng trước thẳng
  12. eyes left! nhìn bên trái
  13. eyes right! nhìn bên phải
  14. the eye of day mặt trời
  15. to give an eye to someone theo dõi ai; trông nôm ai
  16. to give the glad eye to somebody nhìn ai âu yếm
  17. to have an eye for có con mắt tinh đời, tinh tế
  18. to have an eye to something lấy cái gì làm mục đích
  19. to have an eye to everything chú ý từng li từng tí
  20. to have eyes in the back of one's head tinh mắt
  21. to have one's eyes well in at shooting mắt tinh bắn giỏi
  22. his eyes are bigger than his belly no bụng, đói con mắt
  23. if you had half an eye nếu anh không mù, (không đần độn)
  24. in the eyes of theo đánh giá của …
  25. in the eye of the law về mặt pháp lý
  26. in the eye of the wind ngược gió
  27. in the mind's eye trong trí tưởng tượng
  28. to lose an eye mù một mắt
  29. to make eyes liếc mắt đưa tình
  30. to make someone open his eyes: làm ai trố mắt nhìn
  31. my eye(s): ồ lạ nhỉ
  32. naked eye: người trần mắt thịt
  33. to see eye to eye with somebody: đồng ý với ai
  34. to see with half an eye: trông thấy ngay
  35. to throw dust in somebody's eyes: lòe ai
  36. under the eye of somebody: dưới sự giám sát của ai
  37. where are your eyes?: mắt mũi để đâu
  38. to wipe someone's eyes: phổng tay trên
  39. with an eye to something: nhắm vào cái gì
  40. to hit sb in the eye: rõ rang, hiển nhiên
  41. a gleam in sb's eyes: niềm hy vọng trong suy nghĩ của ai
  42. in the twinkling of an eye: trong nháy mắt
  43. to keep one's eyes peeled/skinned for sth: xem xét kỹ lưỡng