【職場英語】Red Tape、Pink Slip代表咩意思？10個常用的顏色英文俚語

英語博大精深，特別是一些地道的俚語，有時單憑字面也猜不透背後的意思。其中有很多俚語都是用不同顏色來表達，而且常常在職場出現。學懂以下10個俚語，不但可以豐富個人詞庫，以後跟外國同事聊天也不怕出糗。

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以下有10個常見於職場、有關顏色的英文俚語：（按圖了解）

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1/ Red Tape
意思：繁文縟節
例句：We have to go through a lot of red tape in order to get approval for this project.

2/ Pink Slip
意思：解僱信
例句：Amy was very upset because she just got her pink slip after working in this company for 20 years.

3/ Be Green
意思：描述無經驗的人
例句：Jack just graduated from university and is still green for the job.

4/ A Golden Handshake 
意思：可觀的遣散費或退休金
例句：Steven walked away with a golden handshake of up to 1,000,000 dollars.

5/ In Black and White
意思：白紙黑字記錄
例句：To avoid any possible conflict in the future, let’s put down the details of this agreement in black and white.

6/ Out of the Blue
意思：突然之間
例句：One day, out of the blue, my boss announced that he was leaving for Canada.

7/ Be Tickled Pink
意思：指某人非常開心
例句： I was tickled pink as soon as I knew I am getting promoted.

8/ Once in a Blue Moon
意思：十分罕見的
例句：My mum is working in Denmark and she visits home once in a blue moon, every couple of years.

9/ Black Sheep 
意思：害群之馬
例句：Ivan is the black sheep in our company. He almost ended up in jail as he revealed confidential information to our competitor.

10/ Purple with Rage
意思：指某人感到非常生氣
例句：When I was late for an hour yesterday, my boss turned purple with rage.

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除了以上有關顏色的英文俚語，當你在職場上遇上各種豬隊友，想向他們表示不滿，又不知道英文要如何表達，你可以運用以下8個常見豬隊友的英文俚語。

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