1. Because she is usually reserved, nobody expected to prove she was such a nice person, but it was when we really needed support that we could see her true colors.
In a situation when someone gets angry they show their true colors and we can see who they really are.

2. My friend Harry doesn’t think realistically
My friend Harry doesn’t think realistically. With the crisis, he needs to accept that he will have to work a lot but the salary won’t be awesome. He’ll never get a decent job if he just chases rainbows all the time.

3. Sidney made a lot of effort preparing for the audition .
At the end, she passed the selection with flying colors.
She sure deserved it!