Teaching the English Color Idioms  

作　　者：God'spower Tamaraukuro Prezi 

机构地区：[1]Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2014年第2期121-128,共8页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper takes a look at the color idioms in English and their meanings. We note that the color idioms are idioms that deal with colors or include at least a color within the idiom. Most of the important color idioms are presented here in one place in alphabetical order and are easy and ready to use. We have deliberately avoided clich6s and slang. We take a look at some of the ways in which and through which we can teach the English color idioms to students in the classroom. We conclude by saying that it behoves us as language teachers in higher institutions of learning to teach the English color idioms as they not only constitute part of the lexis of the natural speech of native English speakers, but they are also a vital tool for teaching collocations connected with color idioms. And, of course, color idioms make one＇s language more colorful

关 键 词：IDIOMS color idioms color-only idioms color-plus idioms clich6s SLANG COLLOCATIONS 

分 类 号：TS933.21[轻工技术与工程] H31[语言文字—英语]