References to the color blue are also common in the English language. There are many expressions that include the word blue. The word blue can be used to describe someone’s mood. If someone is feeling “blue,” that means they are feeling sad. If someone is going through a “blue period,” that means they have been sad or unhappy for a long time. We could also say that someone who is sad has“the blues.”
Blue can also be used to talk about something that doesn’t happen often. For example, if you don’t see someone very often, you can say that you see them “once in a blue moon.” Or, if something unexpected happens, we can say it happens “out of the blue.”
But blue isn’t always negative.If someone is “true-blue,” then they firmly support something and are very reliable. A true-blue friendis someone who will always be there when you need them. Blue can also mean that something is the best. For certain contests, the winner is given a blue ribbon. So, when someone does an excellent job, we can say they deserve a “blue ribbon.”
英文中也很常提到藍色。許多詞組都含有藍色(blue)這個字。 blue 這個字可用來形容某人的心情。如果某人覺得「憂鬱(blue)」， 表示這個人很沮喪。如果某人正經歷一段「藍色時期(blue period)」，代表這個人已經沮喪或不開心很久了。我們也可以說某個 傷心的人「感到憂傷(have the blues)」。
藍色也可用在談論不常發生的某些事情。例如，如果你不太常 看到某人，你可以說看到這個人是很「難得一見的(once in a blue moon)」。或者，如果未在預料中的事發生了，我們可以說這件事情 發生得「突如其來(out of the blue)」。
