MEANING: a report that is exaggerated or biased. " The broken window on the ground floor lent colour to her story that MEANING: to make (an account, story, explanation, etc.) more credible or more believable. "She's a little off colour today because she was up very late last night and had too much to drink!." MEANING: to be not quite at one's best, to feel queasy or slightly ill. "Nothing he said stands out in my memory. MEANING: to lack personality, to be boring.
MEANING: to be bored, annoyed at something "Let's get out of here! The boys in blue are coming." MEANING: the police because of the colour of their uniforms. I wish he would ring our parents more often" "My brother only rings home once in a blue moon. MEANING: to occur extremely rarely or only once in a life-time. "I told him he was making a mistake until I was blue in the face but he wouldn't listen." MEANING: to make a huge but vain effort to win a person's agreement. "Things are looking blue for Tom these days. MEANING: - to look / feel depressed or discontented. "It came like a bolt from the blue that they are getting divorced." The team manager always gives him special treatment. MEANING: critical description of a boy/young man who has been singled out for special favours by someone in authority. "Reports on the mistreatment of the political prisoners were blue pencilled by the authorities" "I was driving home when out of the blue a deer jumped out in front of my car. "My brother suddenly appeared out of the blue yesterday. to happen very suddenly and unexpectedlyġ. to arrive unexpectedly, usually after a long absence.Ģ. The company has been in the black since they began to adopt many new ideas to cut costs.ġ. The man is the black sheep in his family and is the only member who has not had a successful career and life.
MEANING: a person who is a disgrace or embarrassment to a family or group Suddenly the man blacked out during the parade and had to be helped to a quiet place.
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During the war people in the cities were forced to black out their windows so that the enemy aircraft could not see them.Ģ. to darken by putting out or dimming electric lightsġ. " He tries to see everything in black and white although he knows this is impossible." MEANING: think of everything or judge everything as either good or bad Golden opportunity, golden handshake, golden boyīe shown the red card, be in the red, catch someone red-handed, look through rose-coloured/tinted spectacles, see red, red tape, see the red light, paint the town red light, roll out the red carpet, redneckĪs white as a sheet, white elephant, white as a ghost, white lie, white-collar worker This charming idiom adds a dash of color to your expressions of glee and delight, proving that the English language, like life itself, can sometimes be rosy.Learn a Language Learn English Lessons Online English Idioms Color Idioms List of Colour Idioms in EnglishĪnimal Idioms- Business Idioms- Colour Idioms- Food Idioms- Money IdiomsĬhoose the idiom and click on it to go directly to the explanation and example.īlack and white, black out, black sheep, in the blackĪppear/happen out of the blue, blue pencil something, blue-eyed boy, bolt from the blue, look / feel blue, blue in the face, once in a blue moon, men/boys in blueīe colourless, be off colour, give/lend colour to, highly coloured report, in his true colours, in one's true colours, with flying colours, paint in bright/dark coloursīe green, green with envy, give someone the green, get the green light, grass is always greener on the other side, green belt, light green thumb So, to be tickled pink is to be overcome with happiness and/or amusement about something that’s happened or is about to happen. I’m tickled pink just thinking of having grandkids one day.What did Mark say when you told him you were pregnant? I bet he was tickled pink!.I can’t believe my book is being turned into a movie! I’m tickled pink!.I was tickled pink when I discovered my favorite author was releasing a new book after releasing nothing for nearly ten years.Our kiddos were tickled pink when they learned we were going to Disney World next year.Sarah was tickled pink when she saw the unexpected surprise party her friends had planned for her big twenty-one.
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