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Colour Idioms

There's too much red tape.


Here are some common idioms based on colour and colours. Each entry includes the meaning of the idiom and
shows the idiom in context in an example sentence. You can also try our colour idioms quiz to check your
understanding, and listen to the Colour Idioms Song.

idiom meaning example sentence

beet red dark red (usually to describe My sister's face turned beet red when I caught
face) her singing in front of a mirror.

black and blue bruised and beaten We found the poor guy black and blue near the
train tracks.

black and white straight forward, very clear The rules we gave the kids were black and
white. No answering the phone or the door.

black out faint I always black out at the sight of blood.

black sheep the odd or bad member of the My oldest brother was the black sheep in our
group family. He dropped out of school at fifteen.

born with a silver born into a rich family Keiko hasn't worked a day in her life. She
spoon in one's mouth was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

catch red handed catch someone in the act of The kids were caught red handed stealing
doing something wrong or chocolate bars.
illegal

golden opportunity the perfect chance The models' conference was a golden
opportunity for me to sell my beauty products.
grey area, gray area something without a clear rule Writing personal email in the office is a grey
or answer area that needs to be discussed at the next
meeting.

the green light permission The builders were given the green light to begin
the tower.

green with envy very jealous I am green with envy over Julio's new wardrobe.

(have a) green thumb be skillful in the garden You can tell by her flower garden that Sheila has
a green thumb.

have the blues be sad or depressed I always have the blues during the winter time.

in the dark unaware Antoine left his wife in the dark about their
honeymoon destination until they got to the
airport.

in the red in debt When we were in the red we almost had to sell
the house.

once in a blue moon very rarely We only go out for dinner once in a blue moon.

out of the blue unexpectedly I got a phone call from a long lost cousin out of
the blue last week.

red tape official or bureaucratic tasks There is still some red tape to deal with in terms
of the inheritance.

red eye an airplane flight that takes off I caught the red eye so that I would see the
after midnight sunrise over the mountains.

roll out the red carpet treat someone like royalty When relatives come to town my
grandmother rolls out the red carpet.

rose coloured glasses unrealistic view Paula imagines Hollywood with rose coloured
glasses.

see red be very angry I saw red when that guy grabbed my sister's
purse.

tickled pink very pleased and appreciative My mom was tickled pink when my father
brought roses home for her.

true colours real self Suzanne doesn't show her true colours when we


have guests over.

white lie an innocent lie to protect We told Grandma that her cake was delicious,
another person's feelings which was actually a white lie.

with flying colours with distinction I passed my road test with flying colours.

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