Color-related Idioms

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Color-related Idioms

  • black
    • black and blue - 1. bruised [from appearance]1
    • black and white - 1. clearly distinct or different [as in "as different as black and white"] 2. obvious and clear, as in print [as in "there it is, in black and white"]1
    • black humor2
    • black market2
    • black out2 - 1. to lose consciousness1
    • black sheep - 1. outcast, esp. of a family [as a single black sheep among a family of white sheep]1
    • black tie - 1. formal [from appropriate dress]1
    • blackball2
    • blacklist2
    • blackout - 1. loss of electricity4
    • blackmail2 - 1. to use detrimental information as leverage in controlling the actions (often extorting payment) of others1
    • in the black2
    • the pot calling the kettle black - 1. a worse offender [citing the guilt of] a lesser offender4
  • blue
    • blue - sad3
    • blue blood2 - 1. royal, regal1
    • blue funk2 - 1. very depressed [as in "she was in a blue funk"]4
    • blue law2
    • blue Monday2
    • blue movies - 1. movies with explicit sex3
    • blue print2
    • blue ribbon2 - 1. first rate [from the customary award given for first place]1
    • blue stocking2
    • blue streak2
    • blue-collar workers - 1. laborers3
    • blue-pencil2
    • once in a blue moon2
    • out of the blue2
    • sing the blues; have the blues2
    • true blue2
  • brown
    • brown out - 1. partial loss of electricity1
    • brown nose - 1. slightly vulgar, refers to flattering someone in a position of power in order to obtain favors4
    • in a brown study - 1. seriously contemplating something4
  • gray
    • gray area - 1. a context or section, as of a law, which is easily disputable; a "murky area"7
    • gray matter - 1. brain (the organ) 2. intelligence1
  • green
    • chiste verde ("green joke") - 1. In Spanish, a dirty joke3
    • green around the gills2
    • green light2
    • green with envy2
    • having a green thumb - 1. able to make plants grow well4
    • Things are starting to green up around here - 1. Spring has arrived [the color of new vegetation that comes with spring]4
  • pink
    • in the pink2
    • pink lady - 1. an alcoholic drink4
    • pink slip2
    • pink-collar workers - 1. office workers, esp. women3
    • pinkies - 1. the little fingers4
    • tickled pink2
  • purple
    • born to the purple2
    • purple passion2
    • purple prose2
  • red
    • in the red2
    • one red cent2
    • red eye2
    • red flag2
    • red herring - 1. a topic thrown into a discussion in order to mislead4
    • red hot - 1. exciting4
    • red hots - 1. small spicy candies4
    • red meat - 1. beef4
    • red neck2
    • red tape - 1. bureaucratic seemingly time-wasting paperwork.6
    • red-faced - 1. embarrassed3
    • red-handed - 1. in the middle of the act1
    • red-letter day2
    • roll out the red carpet2
    • to see red2
  • rose
    • rose-colored glasses2
    • rosy2
  • white
    • white as a sheet - 1. pale, frightened4
    • white elephant2
    • white flag2
    • white heat2
    • white lie2
    • white paper2
    • white tie2
    • white-collar workers - 1. management3
    • whitewash2
  • yellow
    • yellow - cowardly4
    • yellow journalism2
    • "Yellow Peril" - 1. the (quite exaggerated) fear of the large population of China and its population growth rate.5
    • yellow-dog2
    • to have a yellow streak down one‘s back - 1. cowardly3
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