The document outlines various idiomatic expressions and their meanings, primarily focusing on color-related idioms such as 'seeing red' to signify anger and 'green thumb' to denote a person skilled in gardening. It also includes examples of these idioms used in context and prompts for assessing their correct usage. Additionally, the document serves as a resource for understanding the character traits and situations associated with each idiom.

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Showing (One’s) True Colors
Revealing One’s True
Character
Demonstrating One’s True
Personality

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Be Colorless
Be Boring
Having No Personality

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With Flying Colors
Great Success
With Distinction

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To Be Yellow
To Be A Coward
Exhibiting Cowardly
Behavior

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Golden Opportunity
Excellent Opportunity
Perfect Chance

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Golden Boy (Girl)
Favored Person
Teacher’s (Boss’s, Parent’s) Pet
Person Who Does Everything
Right & Nothing Wrong.

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To See Red
To Be Angry
To Feel Furious
To Be Enraged
To Be Mad

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Painting The Town Red
Going Out And Spending
Money
Going Partying
Binging

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Red Neck
Uneducated Or Ignorant
person
Farmer
Hick

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Caught Red Handed
Caught Doing Something
Seen Committing A Misdeed

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Not Having One Red Cent
Having No Money
Being Broke
Being Tapped Out

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Red Letter Day
Terrific Day
Awesome
Occurrence

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Out Of The Blue
Occurring Unexpectedly
Surprising Occurrence
Unanticipated Event

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Cursing A Blue Streak
Swear Extensively
Curse Loudly
And Rapidly

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Blue-collar Worker
Manual Laborer
Factory Worker
Uneducated Worker

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Boys In Blue
Police Force
Police Officers

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Once In A Blue Moon
Rare Occurrence
Not Very Often
Unusual Happening

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Singing The Blues
Depressed
Unhappy
Moping

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Wearing Rose-colored Glasses
Being Optimistic
Always Seeing The Best,
Never The Worst

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Pink Slip
Notice of being laid off or let
go (fired) from the job, usually
because of the company’s
financial difficulties not the
employee’s poor performance

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Tickled Pink
Extremely happy
Thrilled
Ecstatic

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Black Sheep
Family Member Behaving
Badly
Someone Rejected From A
Group
Unaccepted Person

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Pot Calling Kettle Black
An offender of an action
speaking badly of
someone doing a similar
action

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Brown Noser
Flatters others
excessively for selfish
motives
Says or does whatever
necessary to make
others happy

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Giving The Green Light
Giving Permission
Say Yes
Go Forward

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Green-eyed Monster
Jealousy
See…
Feel ..
Date with…
Experience Jealousy
the
green-eyed
monster

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Green Thumb
Successful Grower
Capable of Growing

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Green Around The Gills
Appear Sick
Look ILL
Look Awful

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White Lie
An Insignificant Lie
Small Untruth
Unimportant Deceit

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White As A Sheet
Very Pale
Terrified
Deathly

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Raise The White Flag
Admitting Defeat
Giving Up
Surrender

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Let’s Practice
incorrect correct

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Every Tuesday, she wrote me
out of the blue.
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Every Tuesday, she wrote me
out of the blue.
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Last year, she wrote me out
of the blue.
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Smelling liver makes
me green around the
gills.
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Smelling liver makes
me green around the
gills.
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I can’t grow anything
because I have a
green thumb.
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I can’t grow anything
because I have a
green thumb.
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I can grow anything
because I have a
green thumb.
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Jeff cheated on his
history test, yet he told
me I was wrong to speed.
That is definitely the pot
calling the kettle black,
isn’t it?
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Jeff cheated on his
history test, yet he told
me I was wrong to speed.
That is definitely the pot
calling the kettle black,
isn’t it?
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When she saw the
final bill, she turned
white as a sheet.
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When she saw the
final bill, she turned
white as a sheet.
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As a pessimist, I look at
the world through rose
colored glasses.
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As a pessimist, I look at
the world through rose
colored glasses.
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As a optimist, I look at the
world through rose colored
glasses.
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Is he the golden boy
because he
continuously brown
noses?
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Is he the golden boy
because he
continuously brown
noses?
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Since I work in an office, I
could be considered a blue
collar worker.
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Since I work in an office, I
could be considered a blue
collar worker.
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Since I work in a factory, I
could be considered a blue
collar worker.
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I saw red when he
remembered my
birthday.
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I saw red when he
remembered my
birthday.
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I saw red when he
forgot my
birthday.
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Getting a pink slip
right before Christmas
is no fun.
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Getting a pink slip
right before Christmas
is no fun.
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When I got laid off, I
started singing the blues.
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When I got laid off, I
started singing the blues.
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I failed the test with
flying colors.
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I failed the test with
flying colors.
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I passed the test with
flying colors.
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Sooner or later, the
students will reveal
their true colors.
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Sooner or later, the
students will reveal
their true colors.
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I really like that
teacher because she is
so colorless.
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I really like that
teacher because she is
so colorless.
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I really don’t like that
teacher because she is
so colorless.
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Don’t lie to me about
the error! I caught you
red handed.
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Don’t lie to me about
the error! I caught you
red handed.
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I can’t go out to lunch
with you since I don’t
have one red cent.
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I can’t go out to lunch
with you since I don’t
have one red cent.
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I grew up in LA so I
am really a redneck.
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I grew up in LA so I
am really a redneck.
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I grew up in LA so I
am not really a
redneck.
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That job interview was a
golden opportunity for me.
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That job interview was a
golden opportunity for me.
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