COLOUR IDIOMS

Choose the correct color idiom from the table to fill the space in each sentence. You may need
to make some changes to the idioms to put them in the sentences correctly.

see red out of the blue

green with envy in the red
tickled pink get the green light
caught red handed black market
blue-eyed boy white lie

1. We had been getting along fine for years, then _______________________ she tells me she
wants a divorce. I have never been so surprised in all my life.
2. I cannot afford to go on that holiday anymore. My bank account is _______________________
and my bank manager isn't the most flexible of people.
3. Police have found the town's infamous statue vandal. He was _______________________
spraying paint on the statue of the town founder, Marshall Higgins, at about 2am last night.
4. The normal price for a ticket for the championship final is about $50 but they are selling for more
than $400 on the _______________________.
5. I have always been considered the _______________________ and my mother thinks I can't do
wrong!
6. When the man continued to smoke in the restaurant which is very much non-smoking, I
_______________________ and said something to him. He stopped immediately!
7. If you tell your father that you got the money off a friend, it's not being very dishonest, is it? It
would just be a _______________________.
8. We got five numbers on the lottery last night and won $5000! Wayne is absolutely
_______________________, saying we can get the new car now instead of waiting for next year.
9. We told our neighbours about it this morning and I think they were a bit jealous. Mrs. Riley, in
particular, was _______________________!
10. The final details of the proposal have been worked out and we just need
_______________________ from the bank before we can begin.