1. teamo44@hanmail.net Color Idioms Let’s Learn Color Idioms

2. teamo44@hanmail.net Beet Red (Dark red, usually to describe the face)

3. teamo44@hanmail.net Red Handed ( Caught in the Act of doing something bad)

4. teamo44@hanmail.net Red Tape (Paper work)

5. teamo44@hanmail.net Red Eye ( An airplane flight that takes off after midnight)

6. teamo44@hanmail.net Yellow-Bellied (Cowardly)

7. teamo44@hanmail.net The Green light Permission For example: The builders were given the ‘green light’ to begin the tower.

8. teamo44@hanmail.net Green with Envy To be very Jealous. For example: She is green with envy over her sister’s new boyfriend.

9. teamo44@hanmail.net Grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence You always want what you can’t have. For example: Another man’s rice cake always seems bigger.

10. teamo44@hanmail.net To have the blues (To be really sad or depressed) Also, a style of music.

11. teamo44@hanmail.net Once in a blue moon Very rarely For example: We only go out for dinner once in a blue moon.

12. teamo44@hanmail.net Out of the blue Unexpectedly, suddenly For example: I got offered a job out of the blue last week on the bus.

13. teamo44@hanmail.net Born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Born into a rich family, or just really spoiled.

14. teamo44@hanmail.net Every cloud has a silver lining There is always something good to get out of a situation.

15. teamo44@hanmail.net Golden opportunity The perfect moment to do something.

16. teamo44@hanmail.net Black and White Straight forward, very clear. The rules we gave the kids were black and white, no answering the phone or door.

17. teamo44@hanmail.net Gray area (Shades of Gray) Not straight forward, unclear.

18. teamo44@hanmail.net True Colours Real self For example: Sherryl doesn’t show her true colours when she has guests over.

19. teamo44@hanmail.net With flying colours With distinction. I passed my test with flying colours!!