Idioms with colours

IDIOMS WITH COLOURS:

Black mood To be in a black mood means to be irritable, angry or even depressed -
also : to be in a bad mood.

Black sheep The black sheep of the family is one who is very different from the others, and least respected by the other members of the family.

Blue-eyed boy A blue-eyed boy is somebody's favourite e.g. he's the director's blue-eyed boy!

Out of the blue If something happens out of the blue, it happens unexpectedly.

Golden opportunity A golden opportunity is a favourable time or excellent occasion which should not be missed.

Green fingers To have green fingers means to be good at gardening.

Green light If you give or get the green light, you give or get a signal or
permission to do something.
"We're ready to launch the campaign as soon as we get the green light."

Green with envy Someone who is green with envy is a person who is very envious.

To see red A person who sees red becomes very angry or annoyed.

To be in the red If a person or organization is in the red, they owe money or have a
negative account.

Paint the town red If you paint the town red, you go out and enjoy a lively evening in bars, night-clubs, etc.
"To celebrate the victory, the team's supporters painted the town red."

Catch someone red-handed If a person is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are doing something wrong or illegal.

Red tape The term red tape refers to official rules and bureaucratic paperwork .

Exercise

- We're going to look at colour idioms this week. See if you can match the meanings with the correct idioms.


red tape// to be the black sheep
a red herring // a red letter day

to tell a white lie // out of the blue

to have green fingers // a white elephant

once in a blue moon // to be green with envy


Meanings and Idioms

1: a number of official rules and regulations which seem unnecessary:

2: a very special and happy occasion:

3: to be very good at gardening:

4: very, very infrequently:

5: to be very jealous of somebody:

6: something that makes you very, very angry and annoyed:

7: the person in the family who is thought of as being very bad/naughty:

8: to say something which is not true because you do not want to make the person unhappy:

9: something which cost a lot of money but isn't really very useful:


10: Unexpected: