Color idioms

1) Color idioms_GF 1

He really saw ________________ last night when I told him that I wouldn`t be coming to work today.
When the President of the USA visited Stockhlm, they rolled out the ________________ carpet and gave him a great
welcome.
He tries to see everything in black and ________________ although he knows this is impossible.
I don`t understand what is the matter. Right out of the ________________ he decided to quit his job and go and live in
Europe.
I have had to ________________ bag it every day this week as the company cafeteria is closed for repair work.
I received my ________________ slip last week and am now looking for a new job.
We go out for Italian food once in a ________________ moon although we enjoy it very much.
We were finally given the ________________ light to begin setting up the new project.
Many businesses have been complaining about the amount of ________________ tape that they must deal with in order
to get anything done with the government.
My sister became ________________ as a ghost when she saw the man at the window.
She has a green thumb and is able to grow one of the best gardens in our neighborhood.
We were finally given the green light to begin setting up the new project.
She passed her course with flying colors and now wants to go out and celebrate.
During the war people in the cities were forced to ________________ out their windows so that the enemy aircraft could
not see them.
We went to the ________________ sale at the department store in order to buy some new sheets before my parents come
to visit.
He always looks at the world through ________________-colored glasses and is never able to understand that some
people are dishonest.
The company has been in the ________________ for three years now - ever since their exports to Asia decreased by 35
per cent.
Suddenly talking about the strike was a ________________ herring and didn't do anything to deal with today's problems.

2) Color idioms_GF 2

He argued with her until he was ________________ in the face.

He has a ________________ streak running down his back and is not a good person to expect to support you when things
become difficult.
He is a ________________-bellied coward and never is willing to fight for what is right.
He is rather ________________ and doesn`t have enough experience to drive the large piece of machinery yet.
He realized that the grass is always ________________ on the other side when he saw that his new job wasn`t perfect and
had its own problems too.
I told my boss a ________________ lie and said that I was sick yesterday when actually I wasn`t.
I was ________________ with envy when I heard that she would be going to London for a week while I had to stay and
work.
It was a ________________-letter day when she finally received her graduation diploma.

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She was criticizing me for not looking for a new job but that is like the pot calling the kettle ________________. She isn`t
looking for a new job either.
She was tickled ________________ that you made the effort to go and visit her when you were in town.
Suddenly the man ________________ out during the parade and had to be helped to a quiet place.
The city has a policy of increasing the ________________ belt around the city.
The company has been in the ________________ since they began to adopt many new ideas to cut costs.
The government decided to ________________ out all of the information related to the political prisoner.
The man is the ________________ sheep in his family and is the only member who has not made a success of his life.
The new stereo that he bought is a ________________ elephant and he doesn`t need it at all.
The woman was caught ________________-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.
When my cousin came to visit us we decided to go out and paint the town ________________.

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