1. Flying Colours After fulfilling the tasks:
Colourful Language in your Textbook…
Fill in the sentences with a correct idiom…
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2. Colourful Language I was very angry. I saw ______.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

3. Colourful Language
I saw red.

4. Colourful Language She's good with flowers. She's got ______ fingers.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

5. She’s got a green thumb. She’s got green fingers.
Colourful Language
She’s got a green thumb.
She’s got green fingers.

6. Colourful Language I'm feeling sad. I'm feeling ______.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

7. Colourful Language
I’m feeling blue.

8. Colourful Language When I saw her new phone, I was ______ with envy.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

9. Colourful Language
green with envy.

10. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language My friend has money in her bank account. She's in the ______ .
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

11. Colourful Language
She’s in the black.

12. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language I want to work in the office one day in a nice white-collar job. I don't like having a ____ collar job.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

13. Colourful Language
a blue collar job.

14. Colourful Language I owe money to the bank. I'm in the ______ .
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

15. Colourful Language
I’m in the red.

16. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language You look as if you have seen a ghost. You look as ______ as a sheet.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

17. as white as a sheet. as white as a ghost.
Colourful Language
as white as a sheet.
as white as a ghost.

18. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language I hit my face with my car door and got a ______ eye.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

19. Colourful Language
a black eye.

20. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language The presentation was ______ and uninspiring. Very dull.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

21. Colourful Language
was grey.

22. Colourful Language I want to see it written down in black and ______ .
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

23. Colourful Language B
black
and white.

24. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language I was late again this morning. My boss gave me a really ______ look when I arrived.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

25. Colourful Language
He gave me a black look.

26. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language I'd like to get the project going as soon as possible but we have to wait for the ______ light from Head Office.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

27. Colourful Language
green light.

28. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language I'm afraid John is too inexperienced for that job. He's still a bit _____ .
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

29. Colourful Language
He’s green at his job.

30. yellow red blue black and green purple grey pink
Colourful Language The electrician wants to be paid in cash. I think he is part of the ______ economy. .
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

31. Colourful Language
black economy.

32. Colourful Language She looks ill. She's ______ - faced.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

33. Colourful Language
white – faced.

34. Colourful Language I feel really well. I'm in the _____ .
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

35. Colourful Language
I’m in the pink.

36. Colourful Language He was very depressed. He was in a ______ mood.
yellow red blue
black and green purple grey pink
white

37. Colourful Language
he was in a black mood.

38. (Master of Colourful Idioms)
Colourful Language
Congratulations !
Your name: _____
has been awarded
the M.I.
(Master of Colourful Idioms)
Flying Colours

39. Colourful Language How good are you ?
* I was very angry. I saw ______ .
* She's a good with flowers. She's got ______ fingers.
* I'm feeling sad. I'm feeling ______ .
* It was completely unexpected. It came out of the ___ .
* When I saw her new phone, I was ______ with envy.

40. Colourful Language * He was very depressed. He was in a ______ mood.
*I want to see it written down in black and ______ .
* I feel really well. I'm in the ______ .
* I owe money to the bank. I'm in the ______ .
* My friend has money in her bank account. She's in the ______ .

41. Colourful Language * She looks ill. She's ______ - faced.
* The presentation was ______ and uninspiring. Very dull.
* I hit my face with my car door and got a ______ eye.
* You look as if you have seen a ghost. You look as ______ as a sheet.
* I've done something wrong. When he came in, he gave me a ______ look.