Talk Till Someone Is Blue in the Face
費盡唇舌

對話Tammy：I don't know what to do about my father. 譚米：我不知道該拿我爸怎麼辦。 Mattie：What's wrong with him? 瑪蒂：他怎麼啦？ Tammy：It's his health. He doesn't take care of himself. 譚米：就是他的健康啊！他都不好好照顧自己。 Mattie：Have you tried talking to him? 瑪蒂：妳有試著跟他談過嗎？ Tammy：I could talk to him till I'm blue in the face, and it wouldn't work. 譚米：我費盡唇舌，但就是沒有用。 Mattie：What about his doctor? 瑪蒂：那他的醫生呢？ Tammy：His doctor is his golf buddy, so they're always lying to each other. 譚米：他的醫生是他打高爾夫的球友，所以他們老是互相唬弄。

延伸學習 talk till someone is blue in the face 費盡唇舌 字面的意思為「講到某人的臉色發青為止」，形容苦口婆心勸解或「費盡唇舌」說服。 例：You can talk till you're blue in the face about it, but it's not going to change anything.（就算你講到口水乾了，也不會有任何改變。） 與 blue 相關俚語： once in a blue moon 難得一見地 blue moon（藍月亮）是指「一個月中的第二次滿月」，約每32個月才出現一次「一個月有兩次滿月」的天文現象。 例：You only clean your room once in a blue moon.（你會打掃房間還真是難得一見的事。） a bolt from the blue 晴天霹靂 例：The news is a bolt from the blue. = The news is a bolt out of the blue.（這項消息真是晴天霹靂。） take care of…… 照顧…… 例：Could you take care of my cat when I travel abroad?（我出國旅行時，你可以照顧我的貓嗎？） buddy 好朋友，死黨 例：Michael and I have been buddies since we were in elementary school.（邁可跟我從小學開始就是死黨。）