Colour Idioms
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COLOUR IDIOMS.
black out
1. to darken by putting out or dimming electric lights
2. to lose consciousness
black sheep (of the family)
a person who is a disgrace or embarrassment to a familyor group
in the black
successful or profitable
to appear/happen out of the blue
1. to arrive unexpectedly, usually after a long absence.
2. to happen very suddenly and unexpectedly
to bluepencil something
to censor something.
a blue-eyed boy
critical description of a boy/young man who has been singled out for special favours by someone in authority.
a bolt from the blue
someunexpected bad news.
to look / feel blue
- to look / feel depressed or discontented.
blue in the face
to make a huge but vain effort to win a person's agreement.
once in a blue moon
tooccur extremely rarely or only once in a life-time.
men/boys in blue
the police because of the colour of their uniforms.
have the blues
Be sad or depressed
to be browned off
to be bored,annoyed at something
to be colourless
to lack personality, to be boring.
to be off colour
to be not quite at one's best, to feel queasy or slightly ill.
to give/lend colour to
to make (anaccount, story, explanation, etc.) more credible or more believable.
a highly coloured report
a report that is exaggerated or biased.
to see someone in his true colours
to understand someone's truecharacter, often for the first time.
to show oneself in one's true colours
to reveal one's true nature.
with flying colours
with great success, with distinction.
to paint in bright/darkcolours
to describe something in a flattering or unflattering way.
to be green
inexperienced, immature
green with envy
full of envy, very jealous
give someone the green light
givepermission to go ahead with a project
grass is always greener on the other side
a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now
green thumb
a talent for gardening, ability to...
black out
1. to darken by putting out or dimming electric lights
2. to lose consciousness
black sheep (of the family)
a person who is a disgrace or embarrassment to a familyor group
in the black
successful or profitable
to appear/happen out of the blue
1. to arrive unexpectedly, usually after a long absence.
2. to happen very suddenly and unexpectedly
to bluepencil something
to censor something.
a blue-eyed boy
critical description of a boy/young man who has been singled out for special favours by someone in authority.
a bolt from the blue
someunexpected bad news.
to look / feel blue
- to look / feel depressed or discontented.
blue in the face
to make a huge but vain effort to win a person's agreement.
once in a blue moon
tooccur extremely rarely or only once in a life-time.
men/boys in blue
the police because of the colour of their uniforms.
have the blues
Be sad or depressed
to be browned off
to be bored,annoyed at something
to be colourless
to lack personality, to be boring.
to be off colour
to be not quite at one's best, to feel queasy or slightly ill.
to give/lend colour to
to make (anaccount, story, explanation, etc.) more credible or more believable.
a highly coloured report
a report that is exaggerated or biased.
to see someone in his true colours
to understand someone's truecharacter, often for the first time.
to show oneself in one's true colours
to reveal one's true nature.
with flying colours
with great success, with distinction.
to paint in bright/darkcolours
to describe something in a flattering or unflattering way.
to be green
inexperienced, immature
green with envy
full of envy, very jealous
give someone the green light
givepermission to go ahead with a project
grass is always greener on the other side
a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now
green thumb
a talent for gardening, ability to...
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