colors & idioms

Question 1

become extremely white in the face

Answer 1

go as white as a sheet

Question 2

tell a lie to avoid making someone upset

Answer 2

tell a white lie

Question 3

un employé

Answer 3

a white collar worker

Question 4

a sign of danger

Answer 4

a red flag

Question 5

have minus amounts on one’s bank account

Answer 5

be in the red

Question 6

get angry

Answer 6

see red

Question 7

the police

Answer 7

the boys in blue

Question 8

erotic/romantic movies

Answer 8

blue movies

Question 9

be good at gardening

Answer 9

have green fingers

Question 10

to be black

Answer 10

black as soot

Question 11

in a rage or fury

Answer 11

to look black as thunder

Question 12

annoncer la couleur

Answer 12

speak one’s mind
lay one’s cards on the table
to shoot straight from the hip

Question 13

ne pas en voir la couleur

Answer 13

not see a sign/a trace of smth

Question 14

en voir de toutes les couleurs

Answer 14

have a rough time of it/go through hell

Question 15

en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à qqn

Answer 15

make sb endure difficulties/put sb through hell/through the ringer

Question 16

suivant la couleur du temps

Answer 16

according to the state of things

Question 17

la couleur locale

Answer 17

the local color

Question 18

des couleurs assorties

Answer 18

colors to match

Question 19

des couleurs dégradées

Answer 19

colors which shade into each other

Question 20

la couleur politique d’un journal

Answer 20

the color of a newspaper

Question 21

voyons la couleur de ton argent

Answer 21

let see the color of your money

Question 22

colorer un récit

Answer 22

give color to a tale

Question 23

dénaturer qq chose

Answer 23

give a false color to smth

Question 24

sous prétexte de

Answer 24

under the color of

Question 25

rester fidèle à ses principes

Answer 25

stick to one's colors

Question 26

cela n'a rien à voir/nous ne parlons plus de la même chose

Answer 26

a horse of another/different color

Question 27

haut la main

Answer 27

with flying colors

Question 28

une blague d'un goût douteux

Answer 28

an off color joke

Question 29

une personnalité terne

Answer 29

a colour-less personality

Question 30

proclamer sa position une fois pour toutes

Answer 30

nail one's color to the mast

Question 31

tromper/duper

Answer 31

sail under false colors

Question 32

blémir de peur

Answer 32

go white with fear

Question 33

blanc comme un linge

Answer 33

white as a ghost

Question 34

se dégonfler

Answer 34

show the white feather

Question 35

atteindre un paroxysme

Answer 35

reach white heat

Question 36

être le grand espoir de

Answer 36

be the white hope of

Question 37

battre ses adversaires à plate couture

Answer 37

whitewash one's opponents

Question 38

l'habit était de rigueur

Answer 38

it was a white-tie affair

Question 39

un vendredi noir

Answer 39

a black friday

Question 40

être noir de coups

Answer 40

be black and blue

Question 41

être noir de la tête au pieds

Answer 41

be black as a sweep

Question 42

noir de fureur

Answer 42

be black in the face

Question 43

s'égosiller/s'époumoner

Answer 43

scream till you're black in the face

Question 44

économie parallèle

Answer 44

the black economy

Question 45

se refuser à l'évidence

Answer 45

swear that black is white

Question 46

être créditeur

Answer 46

be in the black

Question 47

être en déficit/endetté

Answer 47

be in the red

Question 48

la paperasse

Answer 48

the red ink

Question 49

connaître les difficultés financières

Answer 49

bleed red ink

Question 50

faire la fête

Answer 50

paint the town red

Question 51

être pris la main dans le sac

Answer 51

be caught red-handed

Question 52

rougir d'embarrassement

Answer 52

go red with embarrassment

Question 53

être rouge de honte

Answer 53

be flushed with shame

Question 54

un jour mémorable

Answer 54

a red-letter day

Question 55

ça ne vaut pas un clou

Answer 55

it's not worth a red cent

Question 56

avoir ses règles

Answer 56

be red sails in the sunset

Question 57

il n'est pas né de la dernière pluie

Answer 57

he is not as green as he looks

Question 58

il ne connait rien à la vie

Answer 58

he is as green as grass

Question 59

faire pâlir de jalousie

Answer 59

be green with envie

Question 60

il était mort de trouille/peur

Answer 60

he was looking rather green round the gills

Question 61

chérir la mémoire de quelqu'un

Answer 61

keep sb's memory green

Question 62

avoir le cafard

Answer 62

feel blue

Question 63

corriger

Answer 63

bluepencil

Question 64

être inattendu

Answer 64

come out of the blue

Question 65

tous les 36 du mois

Answer 65

once in a blue moon

Question 66

crier au charron

Answer 66

scream blue murder

Question 67

cause toujours !

Answer 67

you can talk 'till i'm blue in the face

Question 68

claque son argent

Answer 68

blue one's money

Question 69

en excellente forme

Answer 69

in the pink of conditions

Question 70

avoir des hallucinations

Answer 70

see pink elephants

Question 71

rougir de plaisir/confusion

Answer 71

turn pink with pleasure/embarassment

Question 72

être aux anges

Answer 72

be tickled pink

Question 73

avoir un coté lâche/trouillard

Answer 73

have a yellow streak

Question 74

un roman à sensation

Answer 74

a yellowback

Question 75

froussard

Answer 75

yellow-belly

Question 76

un contrat interdisant de se syndiquer

Answer 76

a yellow-dog contract

Question 77

un pavillon de quarantaine

Answer 77

a yellow flag

Question 78

savon de marseille

Answer 78

yellow soap

Question 79

a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life

Answer 79

a red light district

Question 80

a waste of money

Answer 80

a white elephant