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Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb(拇指)” and “He told a white lie”. So she went to her teacher for help.

Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?

Mrs Smith: In everyday English, “blue” sometimes means “sad”. “Yellow” sometimes means “afraid”. A person with “a green thumb” grows plants well. (善于种植)And “a white lie” is not a bad one.

Mary: Would you give me an example of “a white lie”?

Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you a cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it directly. Instead, you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s “a white lie”.

Mary: What does “He gave me a black look” mean?

Mrs Smith: Here “black” means “angry”.

Mary: Can you give me an example of “green”?

Mrs Smith: “A green room” is a room in which actors or performers rest or wait when they are not performing on stage.

Question:

Everyone wants to visit or live in “the White House” but not in “a green house”. You may be “a black horse(一鸣惊人的人)”, but you never want to be “a white elephant”(累赘). Do you know why?

Key: “The White House” refers to the official home in Washington D.C. of the President of the USA while “a green house” is a glass building used for growing plants that need warmth, light and protection, especially in the cold season. “A black horse” sometimes means someone who is abler or more useful, but “a white elephant” means a thing that is useless and no longer needed although it may have cost a lot of money.

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