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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 My sister's face turned beet


describe face) redwhen I caught 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, The rules we gave the kids
very clear 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 My oldest brother was


member of the the black sheep in our family.
group He dropped out of school at
fifteen.
born with a born into a rich Keiko hasn't worked a day in
silver spoon in family her life. She was born with a
one's mouth silver spoon in her mouth.

catch red catch someone in The kids were caught red


handed the act of doing handed stealing chocolate
something wrong or bars.
illegal

golden the perfect chance The models' conference was


opportunity a golden opportunity for me
to sell my beauty products.

grey area, gray something without a Writing personal email in the


area clear rule or answer office is a grey 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 be skillful in the You can tell by her flower


thumb garden garden that Sheila has
a green thumb.

have the blues be sad or I always have the the


depressed bluesduring the winter time.
in the dark unaware Antoine left his wife in the
darkabout 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 very rarely We only go out for


moon 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 There is still some red tape to


bureaucratic tasks deal with in terms of the
inheritance.

red eye an airplane flight I caught the red eye so that I


that takes off after would see the sunrise over
midnight the mountains.

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

rose coloured unrealistic view Paula imagines Hollywood


glasses 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 My mom was tickled


appreciative 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 We told Grandma that her


protect another cake was delicious, which
person's feelings was actually a white lie.

with flying with distinction I passed my road test


colours with flying colours.

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