We really gave him a red face when we caught him eavesdropping.. His error gave him a very red face.. · Red in the face: đỏ mặt, ngượng ngùng, mắc cỡ Fig.. After we found Ann hiding in t
Trang 1Thành ngữ tiếng anh với RED
A red eye (American informal):chuyến bay đêm
A flight is leaving late at night and arriving early
in the next morning We took the red eye from Seattle to New
York
A red herring: l ảng tránh, đánh lạc hướng
Something that takes people's attention away from the main
subject is being talked or written about About halfway through the
book it looked as though the butler was the murderer, but that
turned out to be a red herring
· A red-letter day: 1 ngày quan tr ọng
Trang 2A day that is very important or very special the day our daughter
was born was a real red-letter day for us
· Give someone a red face: m ắc cỡ,
Fig to make someone visibly embarrassed We really gave him a
red face when we caught him eavesdropping His error gave him
a very red face
· Out of the red: thoát n ợ
Fig: out of debt, into profitability
This year our company is likely to get out of the red before fall If
we can cut down on expenses, we can get out of the red fairly
soon
Trang 3· Red in the face: đỏ mặt, ngượng ngùng, mắc cỡ
Fig embarrassed After we found Ann hiding in the closet, she
became red in the face The speaker kept making errors and
became red in the face
· Red-blooded: máu nóng
A red-blooded man has a lot of energy and enjoys sex very much
He's a normal, red-blooded male - of course he wants to sleep
with you!
· Red-hot (informal): n ổi bật
Very exciting or successful British athletes are red-hot at the
moment Their divorce is the red-hot story in this morning's press
Trang 4· Be like a red rag to a bull: hành động buộc miếng vải đỏ lên
một con bò tót
A statement or an action is like a red rag to a bull, it makes
someone very angry
· Go beet red: đỏ mặt ngượng ngùng
To be become very red in the face, usually because you are
embarrassed
I only had to smile at him and he went beet red
· Paint the town red (informal): đi xuống đường
Trang 5To go out and enjoy yourself in the evening, often drinking a lot of
alcohol and dancing Jack finished his exams today so he's gone
out to paint the town red
· Red personality: m ột phong cách nóng bỏng, đầy nhiệt
huyết và lôi cuốn
Red Personality is a person who is so burning, energetic,
passionate, excited, intense, active and impulsive