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COLORFUL IDIOMS & PHRASES 🌈
🌈 OUT OF THE BLUE - randomly, without warning, surprisingly
✔️ Example:
“That storm came out of the blue and I didn’t have an umbrella!”
🌈 GREEN WITH ENVY – to be very jealous, envious
✔️ Example:
“Katie was green with envy when she saw you got a new car for your birthday.”
🌈 A GRAY AREA – something that is unclear, undefined
✔️ Example:
The issue of allowing mobile phones in the classroom is a gray area right now- it could go either way.
🌈 CAUGHT RED-HANDED – to catch someone in the act of doing something
✔️ Example:
“He was caught red-handed while stealing those candy bars.”
🌈 GREEN THUMB – to be skilled at gardening
✔️ Example:
“My mother has a green thumb- she can make anything grow!”
🌈 BLACK SHEEP – to be the outcast, the odd one out, unlike the others
✔️ Example:
“Rachel is the black sheep in the family because she is an artist whereas everyone else is an economist.”
🌈 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON – very rarely
✔️ Example:
“Once in a blue moon, you will see that mean professor smile.”
🌈 TAKE THE RED EYE – a late-night flight that arrives early in the morning
✔️ Example:
“I took the red eye from California to New York last night and now I am exhausted.”
🌈 TICKLED PINK – to be extremely pleased
✔️ Example:
“Your grandma was tickled pink that you called on her birthday!”
🌈 WHITE LIE – a small lie that is told to be polite or avoid hurting someone’s feelings
✔️ Example:
“I didn’t like her dress, but I told a white lie because I didn’t want to offend her.
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