Colourful idioms. Ідіоми з кольорами

Colourful idioms

See through rose-tinted glasses. To see only the pleasant things about a situation and not notice the things that are unpleasant. She’s always looked at life through rose-tinted glasses.

Give someone the green light To give permission for someone to do something. The House of Representatives gave a green light to oil exploration of the East Coast.

With flying colours When you do something very successful. He passed his exam with flying colours.

Tickled pink When a person is very happy. I was tickled pink to be invited.

Paint the town red To go out an have a good time. Jake invited us to his party. Let’s go paint the town red.

Bluecollared worker Working in a manual labor job.«There are a lot of really hard-working, blue-collar people on this train,»- she says.

See things in black and white To believe that there is only one possible judgment to be made about a situation. She saw things in black and white.

Once in a blue moon To occur extremely rarely, or only once in a lifetime. My sister lives in Alaska, so I only see her once in a blue moon.

Green thumb Used to describe someone with a talent for gardening, having the ability to make plants grow. This garden used to look so beautiful when my mum lived here. She definitely had a green thumb.

White elephant. A term used for a useless possession, something that is off no use. My mum bought a new CD player for me, but it’s a white elephant. I don’t need it, I don’t even have any CDs.