Blackball someone

Meaning:To exclude or ostracise someone socially, reject them

v. 排斥，投反对票  n. 反对票

eg：Their company has been blackballed ever since that scandal was all over the newspapers. No one wants to do business with them anymore.

Black sheep

Meaning：Used to describe a person who is the ‘odd one out’ of a group, and doesn’t fit in with others around them. This could also be used to talk about someone who is a disgrace or embarrassment to their group.

n. 害群之马，败家子

eg：I have always been the black sheep in my family, I have a completely different personality to all of them, and we don’t even look the same!

A blue-eyed boy

Meaning：A critical description of a boy or young man who is always picked for special favours by someone in a position of higher authority.

n. 宠儿.

eg：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!

Blue in the face

Meaning：To try really hard to win someone’s agreement, but usually end unsuccessfully

n. 徒劳无功

eg：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!

To be green

Meaning：Used to describe someone who is immature, or inexperienced.

n. 未成熟的，菜鸟。

eg：He can be rather green sometimes. I don’t think he’s ready to be promoted to a higher position yet.

Green with envy

Meaning：Used to describe someone who is extremely jealous, full of envy.

嫉妒

eg：When we were children, my older brother always used to get green with envy if my dad bought something for me and not for him.

Tickled pink

Meaning：To be very pleased, thrilled or delighted about something.

高兴极了

eg：Anna was tickled pink that her fiancé had made such an effort for her birthday.

 In the pink of something

Meaning：in very good health

用来形容某人身体非常健康。

eg：My grandmother looked ever so well when I saw her, she was in the pink of condition.

Red-eye

Meaning：A journey that leaves late at night and arrives early in the morning

夜间航班

eg：We had to catch the red-eye flight last night, and I’m completely exhausted now.

Red-letter day

Meaning：A day that is memorable because of some important event.

对于某个人来说，那是指发生好事的一天，有重要意义的一天。

eg：The day I graduated was a red-letter day for my mum, she still talks about it today!