Red is also associated with certain emotions. Let us see a few examples.
He clenched his fist and went very red.
Her face turned red when bombarded with such an embarrassing question.
I can see that he is red with anger.
When he criticized my work, I really saw red.
The mere mention of his enemy’s name is like waving a red flag to him.
In the sentences above, we can guess the meaning of some, for there is an Chinese equivalent， while the others are not so easy to understand by Chinese. For instance, in English, her face turned red or to become red-faced shows one’s embarrassment, as it does in Chinese 脸红. But what is the meaning of see red and waving a red flag? Both suggest anger. The former means to become very angry while the latter means to cause quick anger in somebody by doing something offensive.
“Government policy in interest rates, and on finance generally, has been marked by vacillation, wishful thinking, electoral expediency of the most shameful type towards the end of last year, contortions and contradictions, all to accommodate the redneck economics of the National Country Party. (Harsard Aug.27 1981)”
In the example above, “redneck” is used as an adjective, meaning “reactionary”. “redneckery” deriving from “redneck” refers to “reactionary attitudes”. For instance, “...the redneckery of the Queenland government...(G
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