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Idiom

Colours (part 1)
A. Blue
 Out of the blue – suddenly and unexpectedly.
 (do sth) Till you’re blue in the face – with a lot of effort
and for a very long time without success.

 Sb’s blue-eyed boy – the favourite of sb, a person that sb

thinks is perfect

 A bolt from the blue – an event which is sudden and

unexpected.

 The boys in blue – the police officers.

 Once in a blue moon – very rarely.
 Scream blue/bloody murder – shout, scream very loudly
and for a long time because you disagree very strongly with
sth.

 Have a blue/pink fit – be very angry.

 Between the devil and the deep blue sea – in a
situation where you have to choose between two things
that are equally bad.

B. Black
 Black and blue – covered with bruises.
 (in) Black and white – absolutely right or wrong.
 A black day (for sb) – a day when sth sad, unpleasant
happens (to sb).

 A black look – an angry or a disapproving expression on

sb’s face.

 A black mark (against sb) – sth that sb has done

which makes other people dislike of them.

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 The black market – an illegal form of trade.
 A/the black sheep (of the family) – a person who is
different from the rest of their family or another group.

 A black spot – a place where accidents often happen,

especially on a road.

 In the black – make a profit.

 In black and white – in print or writing.
 Sb is not as black as sb is painted – Sb is not as bad
as people say.

 Look black – show no signs of hope or improvement.

 The pot calling the kettle black – you should not
criticize sb for a fault that you have yourself.

C. Brown
 Browned off (with sb/sth) – bored, unhappy and/or
annoyed.

D. Green
 Give sb/get the green light – allow sb/be allowed to
begin sth.
 Green about the gills – looking or feeling as if you
are going to be sick.
 Green fingers/thumb – to be good at making plants
grow.
 Green with envy – very jealous.
 The green-eyed monster – a feeling of anger or
unhappiness because sb you love is showing interest in
sb else.
 The grass is (always) greener on the other side
(of the fence) – things always seem better in another
place.

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