現在下班改乘小輪渡海,忽然多出很多空閒時間來;為免浪費光陰,栗子妹決定要還書債,把塵封已久的英文小說翻出來讀。
這夜,我拿了 James Patterson 的 Judge and Jury,坐在小輪上津津有味地看。忽然書中跳出 pink slip 一詞,望文生義的栗子妹,便猜想是否在說甚麼桃色事件,但又好像與上下文不符 (明明是在告教父嘛),於是小栗便急匆匆地趕回家查字典。結果發現,pink slip 原來是「解雇通知書」,半點也不香艷!
雖然我們從小便學習顏色詞彙,但因為個人觀感與文化差異,對於顏色背後所隱含的訊息,往往有不同的解讀。不知各位在看見以下的顏色時,會想起些甚麼呢?
Red (栗想起了 catch somebody red-handed – 當場被捕,人贓並獲)
Orange (栗想起最愛吃的橙,還有小時候看過的卡通片 Orange Road)
Yellow (栗想起了黃色的小雞,然後聯想到 chicken out – 因沒膽而不做某事情)
Green (栗想起了 green with envy – 非常妒忌。當然還有稅局……)
Blue (栗想起了 blue films – 色情電影)
Purple (栗想起了 purple passage – 詞藻華麗的段落,還有紫心番薯)
how about black mail ? haha....
回覆刪除Blue ( 乏言想起 blue chip )
回覆刪除Red ( 想起 in the red - 虧損 )
Blue, 想起心情啦,想起blue blood啦 !
回覆刪除Does your dictionary have other definitions of Pink Slip? In California, and possibly other states in the US, the owner certificate of a private car is pink. So giving someone my pinkslip would also mean giving someone the ownership of my car.
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I agree with Cloud. Black has all kinds of negative connotation.
Pink sheets at NASDAQ over the counter market
回覆刪除中文0既顏色都有意思架!例如話人地篇文章寫0既野係五顏六色,就代表呢篇係第六百零一篇文章啦!重要篇篇精彩喎!恭喜你!栗子妺。
回覆刪除I like blue..
回覆刪除yes.... betty blue ...電影配樂good good...blue=>情色...同意..
回覆刪除I like the color blue also. But blue also means melancholy.
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