Appendix 2 – Colour idioms

A worksheet for pupils

C OLOUR I DI OMS

w ith great or total to be very

succes s jealous , to be full
of envy
in w riting, very rarely
officia lly
very pale becaus e to become very
of fear or s hock angry
or illnes s
the odd or bad to catch s omeone
member of the in the act of
family or another doing s omething
group wrong or illega l
talent to make sb ' s real character
things grow

Cards with the idioms to be pinned up around the class

with flying colours green with envy

in black and white once in a blue moon

 to be as white as a
see red
ghost

to catch sb
black sheep
red-handed

green fingers true colours

The key for the teacher

C OLOUR I DI OMS

w ith flyin g w ith great or total green w ith en vy to be very

colou rs succes s jealous , to be full
of envy
in b lack an d in w riting, on ce in a b lu e very rarely
w h ite officia lly moon
to b e as wh ite as very pale becaus e s ee red to become very
a gh os t of fear or s hock angry
or illnes s
b lack s h eep the odd or bad to catch sb to catch s omeone
member of the red - h an d ed in the act of
family or another doing s omething
group wrong or illega l
green fin gers talent to make tru e colou rs sb ' s real character
things grow