7. Idioms and expressions: blue
Rainy days make me feel blue.
There were blue films at the stag night.
He told a blue joke and everybody laughed his
head off.
Nowadays some blue-collar workers earn more
money than white-collar workers.
Come and sit next to the fire. You look quite
blue with cold.
8. Idioms and expressions: blue
Out of the blue another car turned up of a side
street and stopped in front of us.
He pretends he’s blue-blooded, but most of his
ancestors were farm labourers.
I’m not very keen on blue cheese.
The fund only invests in blue chip stocks.
He only calls once in a blue moon.
9. Idioms and expressions:red
He sees red when he spends more than an hour
with his mother-in-law.
I hate it when my bank account is in the red.
Don’t pay any attention! It’s just a red herring.
Don’t talk to him about the present government
It’s like a red rag to a bull.
10. Idioms and expressions:red
The royal visitor was given red carpet treatment
The day we met will always be a red-letter day.
The authorities issued a red alert.
Trostsky was a red.
I caught him red handed stealing my jewels.
11. Idioms and expressions: black
There are some great black and white films on
TV on Sundays.
He gave such a black look that I stopped talking
immediately.
Happily my account is in the black again.
My brother is the black sheep of the family.
He was in a black mood that day.
The conviction was a black mark on his record.
12. Idioms and expressions: green
Her garden is wonderful. She has green fingers.
She was green with envy about his new car.
The greens are protesting about nuclear energy.
13. Idioms and expressions: yellow
You can’t park here- there are double yellow
lines.
If you want to find a plumber look in the Yellow
Pages.
Are you afraid? Are you yellow?
14. Idioms and expressions: white
She was afraid and went white as a sheet.
White-collar workers earn a lot of money.
It was only a white lie when I told her I loved her
new hairdo.
I’d love to go white-water rafting.
That shop sells mainly white goodsfridges, cookers and the like.
