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1- In the black 2- Black and white 3- Black look 4- Black sheep 5- Blackball 6- Blacklist 8- Once in a blue moon 9- Come out of the blue 10- Feel blue 11- Blue in the face 12- Scream blue murder 13- blue-eyed boy 14- In the red 15- Red-letter day 16- Red herring 17- See red 18- Red tape 19- Caught red-handed 20- Paint the town red 21- Green with envy 22- Green light 23- Be green 24- have green fingers 25- Be browned off 26- Be yellow 7- white lie I- Now that you have watched the video match the idioms with their meaning. a) Caught doing something wrong or illegal b) Be very happy about something c) Piece of misinformation d) Be afraid of e) Brain f) Be financially sound g) angry h) Be in perfect condition i) Shout as a sign of discontentment or anger j) Be very envious k) Become very angry or annoyed l) Be bored or fed up with something m) Written down and official n) Have no experience/ inexperienced o) Really important day p) Failure or disgrace q) Reach the end of your patience r) You won’t get any loan s) Have a negative account or no money t) Vote against you u) authorization to do something v) Depressed/ sad w) Be very good at gardening x) Unexpectedly y) Not clear or easy to define z) Very rarely aa) Having a good time bb) Say something which is not true in order to protect someone or to avoid hurting their feelings. cc) Official rules and bureaucratic paperwork dd) Someone’s favourite.

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Page 1: Colour Idioms

1- In the black2- Black and white3- Black look4- Black sheep5- Blackball6- Blacklist

8- Once in a blue moon9- Come out of the blue10- Feel blue11- Blue in the face12- Scream blue murder13- blue-eyed boy

14- In the red15- Red-letter day16- Red herring17- See red18- Red tape19- Caught red-handed20- Paint the town red

21- Green with envy22- Green light23- Be green24- have green fingers

25- Be browned off

26- Be yellow

27- Be in the pink28- Be tickled pink

7- white lie

I- Now that you have watched the video match the idioms with their meaning.

a) Caught doing something wrong or illegalb) Be very happy about somethingc) Piece of misinformationd) Be afraid ofe) Brainf) Be financially soundg) angryh) Be in perfect conditioni) Shout as a sign of discontentment or angerj) Be very enviousk) Become very angry or annoyedl) Be bored or fed up with somethingm) Written down and officialn) Have no experience/ inexperiencedo) Really important dayp) Failure or disgraceq) Reach the end of your patiencer) You won’t get any loans) Have a negative account or no moneyt) Vote against youu) authorization to do somethingv) Depressed/ sadw) Be very good at gardeningx) Unexpectedlyy) Not clear or easy to definez) Very rarelyaa) Having a good timebb) Say something which is not true in order to protect someone

or to avoid hurting their feelings.cc)Official rules and bureaucratic paperworkdd) Someone’s favourite.

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29- Grey area30- Grey matter

II- Complete the sentences with the right colour idiom.1. The man was ___________________stealing food in the

supermarket.2. My sister was born with _____________________ . She's great with

plants.3. If there wasn't so much _______________ , the company would be up and running already.4. "Try using your _____________________ and you might find the answer." said the teacher.5. They are ready to launch the campaign as soon as they get the _______________________.6. William ___________________________________ when he was asked to announce the winner.7. My neighbour will be ________________________________ when he sees my new sports car!8. She had nearly given up hope when ___________________________ she was offered a job at

that big company.9. Discrimination of any kind makes me ____________________________________.10. John has been the ________________________ of the family. He is always

getting into trouble.11. Their company is _________________________________.They owe no

money to the banks.12. I'm going to see my grandmother. She's ____________________________ at the moment.13. I'm afraid I can't lend you any money.  I'm _____________________________ myself.14. Carol looks____________________________________ of health after her holidays abroad.15. The crowd started ___________________________ when the football match was interrupted.16. Look, bureaucracy is a _______________________________. How to deal with the crisis is the

important issue today.17. We have very little contact with each other. We see each other __________________________ .18. The laws concerning the Internet are still a ____________________________ in our countries.19. To celebrate the victory of their team, Michael and Robert ___________________ .20. I prefer to tell my children a ______________ rather than announce bad news.21. It's an obligation.  It's ____________________ in your contract.22. He's the director's ________________________!23. They ______________________ with their jobs. They say they are doing the same day after

day.24. 'You can tell that he's never worked as a waiter before. He seems ____________ . He doesn't

know what he is doing.'25. Susan was too ________________________ to go on the roller-coaster!

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II- Complete the sentences with the right colour idiom.1. The man was caught red-handed stealing food in the supermarket.2. My sister was born with green fingers. She's great with plants.3. If there wasn't so much red tape, the company would be up and running already.4. "Try using your grey matter and you might find the answer." said the teacher.5. They are ready to launch the campaign as soon as they get the green light.6. William was tickled pink when he was asked to announce the winner.7. My neighbour will be green with envy when he sees my new sports car!8. She had nearly given up hope when out of the blue she was offered a job at that big company.9. Discrimination of any kind makes me see red.10. John has been the black sheep of the family. He is always getting into trouble.11. Their company is in the black .They owe no money to the banks.12. I'm going to see my grandmother. She's feeling blue at the moment.13. I'm afraid I can't lend you any money.  I'm in the red myself.14. Carol looks in the pink of health after her holidays abroad.15. The crowd started screaming blue murder when the football match was interrupted.16. Look, bureaucracy is a red herring. How to deal with the crisis is the important issue today.17. We have very little contact with each other. We see each other once in a blue moon.18. The laws concerning the Internet are still a grey area in our countries.19. To celebrate the victory of their team, Michael and Robert painted the town red.20. I prefer to tell my children a white lie rather than announce bad news.21. It's an obligation.  It's in black and white in your contract.22. He's the director's blue-eyed boy!23. They are browned off with their jobs. They say they are doing the same day after day.24. 'You can tell that he's never worked as a waiter before. He seems green. He doesn't know

what he is doing.'25. Susan was too yellow to go on the roller-coaster.