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Blackisthecolorofmourning,Redsymbolizesdangerandviolence.Ifyouareafraid,youareyellow.NoneofthesesayingsistrueoutsidetheEnglish-speakingworld.InChinaandKoreawhiteisthecolorofmourning.InRussiaredstandsforbeautyandlife.InItalyandGermanyyouareyellowwithanger,notwithfear.
AredcapintheUnitedStatesisaporterinastation;inBritainaredcapisamilitarypoliceman.
Bothnamesarelogical,becausebothmenwearredcaps.Similarly,anAmericanwhite-collarworkerissometimescalledablack-coatedworkerinBritain.
Theexpression‘blueblood’,whichisnowinternational,comesfromSpain,wheresomenoblefamiliesdeclaredtheyhad’SangreAzul’,meaningthattheyhadnoJewishblood.Butwhy‘blue’blood?Becausetheveinsstandoutwhentheirpossessorisfair-skinned.