Idioms and expressions using color

**rose rani** · 25-11-2010, 05:52 PM

Idioms and expressions using colors

1- she congratulated me, but I could see that she was green with envy

When someone is a green with envy, it means he is or she is very jealous

2- At the beginning of the debate the professor was so clam, but suddenly he started to see red

When someone sees red, it means he or she starts to get very angry.

3- When I was in the high school I used to go to school once in a blue moon

This mean I used to go to school very rarely

4- I can not lend you any money until you are a blue in face. My answer is no

When someone tells that you can not do something until you are blue in face. He or she telling you that there is not point of doing it because you will not be successful

5- the best way to stay in Pink is to eat healthy food, drink water ,and do regular exercise

If you are in the pink you are healthy and happy

6- I think that the new underground rail way system is a white elephant. Because the city has a very efficient bus and tram system

A white elephant is something costs lots of money and it is not useful

7- There were 200 people in a room which has been designed for 75 people. It was like the black hole of Calcutta
If something is described as the black hole of Calcutta it means it is very crowded.

8- Her homework yesterday was full of spelling mistakes, I think she did not use her gray matter when she wrote it

A gray matter if your brain

9- Many people like to work as white collar people, they do not like to work in factories or in farms

A white collar workers are the people who work in offices and do not do any physical work.