blue
adjective/bluː/
(comparative bluer, superlative bluest)
Слово англійською: blue
Переклад blue українською: си́ній, голуби́й (ко́лір і т. д.), засму́чений (похму́рий), сумни́й (люди́на і т. д.)
Детальний опис
- having the colour of a clear sky or the sea on a clear day
- piercing blue eyes
- The sun shone brilliantly in the clear blue sky.
- His eyes were dark blue.
- She wanted to dye her hair blue.
- a blue shirt
- a navy blue jumper
- her vivid blue eyes
Homophones blew | blueblew blue/bluː/- blew verb (past tense of blow)
- The wind blew the door shut.
- blue adjective
- Both candidates wore blue jeans.
- blue noun
- They chose an intense blue for the walls.
- His lips were turning blue.
- blue with something Her hands were blue with cold.
- He'd been feeling blue all week.
- a blue movie
- blue states/counties
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’.
Idioms
between the devil and the deep blue sea
- in a difficult situation where there are two equally unpleasant or unacceptable choices
(beat somebody) black and blue
- (to hit somebody until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body)More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spick and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
clear blue water (between A and B)
- a complete difference or division between two people or groups
- Voters want to see clear blue water between the main parties.
- They failed to put clear blue water between themselves and their competitors.
do something till you are blue in the face
- (informal) to try to do something as hard and as long as you possibly can but without success
- You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind.
once in a blue moon
- (informal) very rarely
scream blue murder (British English)
(North American English scream bloody murder)
- to scream loudly and for a long time, especially in order to protest about something