藍色在英語文化中是非常重要的存在，這期我們來看看與藍色有關的英語表達。
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Out of the blue
出乎意料：沒有任何征兆的出現，突然發生
Greg has decided to quit his job out of the blue, and go travelling for a year!
格雷格突然辭了工作，外出旅行了！
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Blue pencil
用藍鉛筆校訂：對分享的內容審查或刪節；在美式俚語中還可以表示“否決，不批準”
The reports about how soldiers were being treated abroad had been blue-penciled by the authorities.
當局對士兵在國外所受待遇的報告進行了審查。
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A blue-eyed boy
寵兒，紅人：（貶義）出于一些原因，特別受上級中意的孩子或年輕男子
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!
他可真是個寵兒！經理總對他搞特殊，一點也不公平，真讓人討厭！
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A bolt from the blue
晴天霹靂：壞消息不期而至
It was a complete bolt from the blue for us, we had no idea that they were having problems, let alone getting divorced!
我們完全沒想到他倆有問題，更不用說離婚了，這真是個晴天霹靂！
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Blue blood
貴族血統：描述某人出身高貴，家庭富裕
對時尚圈有所了解的人一定知道“四大雜志，六大藍血，八大紅血”，所謂藍血就是指奢侈品中的精英，頂級品牌中的NO.1。
這六個品牌分別來自三個國家：法國的Dior（迪奧）、Chanel（香奈兒）、Louis Vuitton（路易斯威登）、意大利的Gucci（古馳）、Prada（普拉達）、美國的Calvin Klein（CK）。
Many of the blue bloods in our town were invited to the royal wedding.
鎮上的貴族都收到了皇室婚禮的邀請。
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Blue ribbon
藍綬帶：品質最佳或最高榮譽，最優秀的群體
在料理界，也有藍帶廚藝學校，不知是否系出同門呀~
Blue ribbon panels of experts were invited to investigate the extraordinary remains.
權威專家小組受邀調查這些不尋常的遺體。
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Talk a blue streak
滔滔不絕地講話，語速還快
The woman in the hospital bed next to me talked a blue streak all day.
鄰床那位女士整日滔滔不絕連珠炮似地跟我講話。
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Feel blue
情緒低落：描述某人情緒不佳或不滿意
What’s that the matter with you today? You seem really blue. Is there something you’d like to talk about?
你看起來不太開心呀，怎么了？愿意跟我聊聊嗎？
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Blue in the face
努力勸說某人，但往往無勞而返
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!
我不停告訴他這是個好主意，可是直到我說的面紅耳赤，他還是固執己見，不聽我的！
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once in a blue moon
千載難逢：極少發生或一輩子才能遇見一次的事
My sister is working in Africa, she hardly ever has the time to call us. My parents only hear from her once in a blue moon.
姐姐在非洲工作，幾乎沒時間聯系我們。父母也很少接到她的電話。
學會了就在留言區扣個“1”哦~
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