IDIOMS WITH COLOUR

1) IN BLACK AND WHITE---YAZILI OLARAQ (A black-and-white subject or situation is one

in which it is easy to understand what is right and wrong)
2) RED HERRING---FIKIR YAYINDIRICI, CASDIRICI (something irrelevant that distracts you
from something important)
3) A BLUE MOON---AYDA ILDE BIR DEFE (To do something “once in a blue moon” is to do it
very rarely: “That company puts on a good performance only once in a blue moon.”
The phrase refers to the appearance of a second full moon within a calendar month, which
actually happens about every thirty-two months.)
4) GREEN FINGERS—BAGBANLIGA QABILIYYETI OLAN (someone who can grow anything
has green fingers)
5) THE GOLDEN RULE—QIZIL QAYDA

6) A WHITE LIE---AG YALAN

Unit 4 - İdioms:

Get cold feet - to become afraid to do something (qorxmaq)

Put your foot in it – to say or do something that makes someone embarrassed or upset
(kiminsəkefinipozmaq, yersiz danismaq, pot kirmak)

Keep an eye on someone – to make sure that someone or something is safe (nəzarətetmək)

Split hairs – to argue about unimportant details (xirdaciliqetmek)

Pull someone’s leg – to play a joke on someone by making them believe something that isn’t
true (aldatmaq)

Bite someone’s head off – to reply in a very angry way (acıcavablamaq)

Twist someone’s arm – to persuade someone to do something (inandirmaq)

Poke your nose into something – to try to become involved in something that doesn’t
concern you (burnunusoxmaq)

Play it by ear – to decide what to do as things happen, instead of planning in advance

(yerinəgörəqərarvermək)

Get something off your chest – to talk about something that you’ve been worrying about
(üstündən atmaq)