better dead than red (或better red than dead)

a cold-war slogan claiming that the prospect of nuclear war is preferable to that of a communist society (or vice versa)

（冷戰(zhàn)口號）寧打核戰(zhàn)，不要共產(chǎn)（或：寧要共產(chǎn)，不打核戰(zhàn)）

(as) red as a beetroot (北美

(of a person) red-faced, typically through embarrassment

（尤指受窘）滿臉通紅

red in tooth and claw

involving savage or merciless conflict or competition

（沖突，競爭）野蠻的，殘忍的

nature, red in tooth and claw.

野蠻殘忍的自然界。

the red planet

a name for Mars

火星

(like) a red rag to a bull

an object, utterance, or act which is certain to provoke someone

惹人惱火的事物（言行）

the refusal to discuss the central issue was like a red rag to a bull.

拒絕討論中心問題像激怒公牛的紅布。

reds under the bed

used during the cold war with reference to the feared presence and influence of communist sympathizers in a society

床下藏有赤色分子（指冷戰(zhàn)中對同情共產(chǎn)主義者的恐懼）

see red

(informal)become very angry suddenly

(非正式)突然發(fā)怒，火冒三丈

the mere thought of Piers with Nicole made her see red.

她一想到皮爾斯和妮可兒在一起就火冒三丈。

in the red

Operating at a loss; in debt.

賠本經(jīng)營的；負債的