英语习语分类（Part1）
颜篇
1. black and blue 身体上的伤痕（类似青一块，紫一块）
2. in black and white  黑白分明，白纸黑字  see everything in black and white 看事情黑白分明
3. a black day for somebody  倒霉的一天
4. blacken someone's character    say or do something that will harm other's reputation
5. the black market  黑市
6. a black spot 事故多发地带
7. not as black as somebody is painted 不像别人说的那么不好
8. look black  hopeless in the future;to be angry      He looked black at his enemy.
9. black in the face 非常生气
10. in someone's black book/blacklist 在某人的黑名单里
11. know black from white 明辨是非
12. a bolt from the blue(指蓝天）  晴天霹雳，突如其来的打击
13. between the devil and the deep blue sea 左右为难
14. the boys in blue 警察
15. feel blue  沮丧 give somebody the blues 让某人沮丧
16. once in a blue moon 千载难逢
17. scream blue/bloody murder  大声喊叫
18. blue-eyed boy 受宠的人（红人)
19. blue ribbon prize 一等奖（一等奖会用蓝的带子包扎）
20. out of the blue 没有预料到
21. as brown as a berry 皮肤黝黑
22. browned （someone）off 感到厌烦，生气，不满 
23. in a brown study 深思；空想
24. a grey area 两个极端之间的中间地带
25. grey matter 大脑，智力
26. men in grey suits 幕后掌权者
27. go grey 头发变白
28. give somebody the green light  允许干某事
29. green with envy 嫉妒
30. green fingers 精通园艺
31. green about the gills/pale around the gills 晕船
32. a golden key can open any door 有钱能使鬼推磨
tickle33. kill the goose that lays the golden egg 杀鸡取卵
34. pot calling the kettle black 五十步笑百步
35. pale by comparison 相形见绌
36. beyond the pale 出格，不被人接受
37. as pale as a ghost 脸惨白
38. in the pink of condition  身体/精神状况很好
39. tickle someone pink  让人非常开心
40. seeing pink elephants 醉酒出现幻觉
41. pink slip 解雇通知书
42. as red as a beetroot 因愤怒、窘迫而脸红
43. in the red 赤字
44. not have a red cent 身无分文
45. roll out the red carpet for someone 隆重欢迎
46. red in tooth and claw 残酷无情
47. a red rag to a bull 激怒他人的事物
48. red tape 繁文缛节
49. see red 勃然大怒
50. paint the town red 狂欢痛饮
51. red letter day 值得纪念的一天
52. every cloud has a silver lining 黑暗中总有一丝光明
53. a silver tongue 三寸不烂之舌
54. a white elephant 昂贵却没用的事物
55. a white lie 善意的谎言
56. whiter than white 人品德高尚
57. a yellow steak 胆小怯弱
58. lend color to something 使某物具有可信度
59. see the color of sb's money 确定某人有支付能力
60. true colors 真面目
61. off color 身体欠佳；低级下流
62. nai your colors to the mast 表明自己的立场
数字篇
1. if two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind  一山不容二虎
2. a two-edged sword 双刃剑
3. no one can serve two masters  一仆难事二主
4. at the eleventh hour 最后关头
5. a fifth wheel 多余的人
6. first and foremost 首要的
7. give somebody five 击掌庆祝
8. nine to five周九晚五
9. have nine lives 大难不死
10. the whole nine yards    everything or a situation with everything included   
    go the whole nine yards 竭尽全力
11. have forty winks  白天打盹
12. on all fours 四肢着地
13. the four corners of the earth 世界各地
14. four-letter word 粗话
15. feel like a million dollars  感觉非常好
16. never in a million years 绝对未有
17. a nine days' wonder  昙花一现
18. possession is nine points of the law 拥有者在诉讼中通常占上风
19. talk nineteen to the dozen 滔滔不绝
20. ninety-nine times out of hundred 十之八九
21. have one's number 有某人的把柄
22. one's number comes up 交好运（如比赛中）
23. there's safety in numbers  人多比较安全（人多势众，人多力量大）
24. a cushy number 简单的工作；舒适的环境
25. one's opposite number  a person who has the same situation as you in another country or situations
26. public enemy number one 头号公敌
27. six feet under 死亡
28. it's six of one and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两
29. be in seventh heaven 快乐无比
30. the seven year itch 七年之痒
31. have one over the eight 稍醉
32. ten out of ten 百分之百
33. ten a penny 很便宜
34. three sheets to the wind 醉得东倒西歪
35. the third degree 逼供 逮捕the first degree 入狱the second degree
36. third time lucky 第三次运气变好
37. behind the eight ball 处境危险
38. the seventh son of a seventh son 非常重要的后代
39. be in two minds about sth 犹豫做某事
40. lesser of the two evils 两害相权取其轻
41. two can play at that game 以其之道还彼之身
42. two heads are better than one 可理解为三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮
43. two sides of the same coin 凡是有两面
44. two wrong don't make a right 以怨抱怨并不是对的
45. that makes two of us 我同意
46. two's company(three's a crowd) 两人成伴，三人不欢
47. two sandwiches short of a picnic 不聪明（脑子脱线了）
48. in takes two to tango 一个巴掌拍不响
49. put two and two together 根据情况推测
50. one good turn deserves another 善应有善报
51. once bitten, twice shy 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
天气篇
1. catch wind of something 听到风声（听说别人想保密的事情）
2. a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 徒劳；永远得不到的财物
3. rain check 因雨而延迟的比赛的补票
4. keep one's weather eye open 保持警惕
5. not see someone for dust 扬尘而去，不见踪影
6. rain cats and dogs 滂沱大雨
7. shake the dust off one's feet 愤然离去；毫无留恋的离开
8. take the wind out of some's sails 让别人突然失去优势
9. under the weather身体不适
10. shoot the breeze 闲聊
11. a cloud hangs over something对某物有阴影 A hangs over B like a cloud  B在A的阴影下