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色彩用语系列 颜色也是会说话的。看到红色就像看到过年、结婚，看到绿色就想到春天、活力。不过呢，颜色在不同的国家，寓意也有不同。废话就不说了，今天我们就来侃侃“绿-Green”。 1. green with envy, green eyed 嫉妒，“眼红”， Besides "green with envy", English has the term "green-eyed monster" or just "green-eyed" - both meaning jealous, envious. However, in Chinese, an expression often used to describe envy or jealousy is 眼红 or 害了红眼病 - literally "red-eyed". Quite a different color for the same thing! Interestingly, in the old days, the Chinese expression 戴绿帽子, 戴绿头巾 (literally "to wear a green hat/head band" ) meant to be a cuckold. 和以前提到的一些词一样，green在中英文语言环境中表达的意思也存在着差异。先看be green with envy，这是个非常口语化的短语，意思是：羡慕极了。古代的不列颠人似乎认为心里一妒忌，脸色就发绿。注意这个词，有些书上把它解释成"非常怨恨"，但是这一表达方式并没有那么强烈的意味。例如： Wait till you see my new skirt. You're going to be absolutely green with envy. 你等着看我的新裙子吧，准叫你羡慕得不得了。 We were all green with envy when we learned that Julian had gotten a date with the most beautiful girl in our class. 知道Julian跟我们班的“班花”约会以后，我们都羡慕极了。 最有意思的还是green－eyed。在西方，人们把嫉妒心强的人成为green-eyed monster。嫉妒心太强，难免做出一些坏事，称为魔鬼也算恰当，但为什么这个魔鬼一定是绿眼睛的呢？在希腊神话中，天王Zeus红眼>green-eyed | 
