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Beet Red(Dark red, usually to describe the face)
Red Handed(Caught in the Act of doing something bad)
Red Tape(Paper work)
Red Eye(An airplane flight that takes off after midnight)
Yellow-Bellied(Cowardly)
The Green light
• Permission
• For example: The builders were given the ‘green light’ to begin the tower.
Green with Envy
• To be very Jealous.
• For example: She is green with envy over her sister’s new boyfriend.
Grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence
• You always want what you can’t have.
• For example: Another man’s rice cake always seems bigger.
Once in a blue moon
• Very rarely
• For example: We only go out for dinner once in a blue moon.
Out of the blue
• Unexpectedly, suddenly
• For example: I got offered a job out of the blue last week on the bus.
Born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
• Born into a rich family, or just really spoiled.
Every cloud has a silver lining
• There is always something good to get out of a situation.
Black and White
• Straight forward, very clear.
• The rules we gave the kids were black and white, no answering the phone or door.
True Colours
• Real self
• For example: Sherryl doesn’t show her true colours when she has guests over.