Colourful Expressions Flashcards
1
Q
To be tickled pink
A
Delight
2
Q
To see red
A
Anger
3
Q
To be green with envy
A
Jealousy
4
Q
To be in a black mood
A
Bad tempered
5
Q
To paint the town red
A
To celebrate with no shyness
6
Q
A red rag to a bull
A
A provocation, something that infuriates
7
Q
A red-letter day
A
A memorably important or happy occasion
8
Q
In the red
A
In debt
9
Q
Caught red-handed
A
Caught in the act
10
Q
Once in a blue moon
A
Very rarely, almost never
11
Q
Out of the blue
A
Apparently from nowhere , unexpectedly
12
Q
Blue-eyed boy
A
Favourite or darling of a individual or group
13
Q
To blue pencil
A
Deletion, alteration or censorship
14
Q
To be green
A
Gullible, immature, unsophisticated
15
Q
To give the green light
A
To give the go ahead
