【Go Native】身体不适而“脸色发青”会说 turn bl

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情境：看到因晕船而脸色发青的乘客，这时应该怎么说?
( ) Many passengers on the boat looked blue around the .
(A)beards (B)gills (C)jaws
正确解答：( B )
船上的许多乘客都看起来病恹恹的。

原来是这个意思！

blue around the gills
脸色发青；一脸病容
gill指“腮”，想象人的这个部位四周爆青筋的样子，肯定极不舒服，也就是“脸色发青”之意。习语中的blue可以green代替，反义词为rosy around the gills(气色红润的)。

Let's talk !

Marcy: Are you okay? You look blue around the gills.
马西：你还好吗？你看起来一脸病态。

Bruce: My dad had a heart attack last night.
布鲁斯：我爸爸昨晚心脏病发作了。

Marcy: That's terrible. How is he doing now?
马西：真糟糕，那他现在怎么样了?

Bruce：He's feeling a lot better and he'll be home tomorrow.
布鲁斯：他好多了，明天就会回家。

Marcy: I guess you didn't sleep a wink all night.
马西：我猜你整个晚上都没合眼吧。

单词/短语充电区

ailing adj. 身体不舒服的
lackadaisical adj. 懒散的；无精打采的
hardy adj. 强壮的
sick to one's stomach 反胃
spit up 呕吐；吐出来
up to snuff 身体状况良好