Maltalingua School of English Blog

Difficulty

There are lots of examples of colour idioms in English and here are some of them:

1. Black sheep  (of a family) – a person who is an embarrassment to a family or group
2. in black and white – in writing, officially
3. out of the blue – to happen suddenly and unexpectedly
4. once in a blue moon –  to occur rarely
5. black and blue – bruised
6. to have the blues–  to be sad or depressed
7. to be green – inexperienced
8. green with envy – full of envy
9. grass is always greener on the other side – you always want what you don’t have
10. green light – to be given permission
11. to be in the red – in debt
12. to catch someone red-handed –to catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong
13. as white as a sheet – very pale, frightened
14. a white lie – an innocent lie so as not to harm someone’s feelings
15. in the dark – unaware

Now fill in the blanks with suitable words in the quiz. Have fun!

created by Tess Giordmaina

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