Colour Idioms

Please complete these sentences with the correct colour :

1. Do you think the boss will give you the _________ light for your project ?

2. Millions of dollars in taxes are lost every year because of the _________ economy.

3. Why did she give you such a _________ look as you walked in ?

4. I'm not sure that we can just accept their promise about the deal, shouldn't we ask for
the details in _________ and _________ ?

5. They live about 5 miles from the city centre in a _________-belt area.

6. Suddenly out of the _________, he mentioned that he had won a million in the lottery.

7. That company manufactures _________ goods, - fridges, freezers, mixers, etc.

8. They rolled out the _________ carpet when the Queen landed at the airport.

9. After the fight, the boxer had some cuts on the face and a _________ eye.

10. I don't really know who's responsible for this, it's a bit of a _________ area.

11. There were a lot of _________ faces when the so-called financial experts found out that
they had been tricked.

12. Lindström is the actual president of the company but everyone knows that Malberg is
the _________ eminence.

13. After a series of bad investments the firm found itself 3 million in the _________.

14. The government plans to allocate more money to unemployment _________ spots.

15. I didn't want to go to the party and told a _________ lie to get out of it.

16. There was a strike among the _________-collar workers in the factory.

17. The _________ press reported in great detail about the CEO's divorce.

18. He's such a pessimist, he always paints everything _________.

19. She's usually quite calm and tolerant but when she heard that news she saw
_________ and exploded.

20. He was always the _________ sheep of the family, and always got into trouble.

Practice with Colour Idioms

Ask and answer these questions with a partner :

1. Does your company manufacture white goods ?

2. Are there any people in your company who always paint everything black ?

3. When did you last tell a white lie at work ? (Be honest !)

4. Is your company currently in the black or in the red ?

5. When did your company last roll out the red carpet ?

6. Are there any grey areas in your job, regarding responsibility ?

7. When did you last give (or get) the green light for something at work ?

8. Do things sometimes happen out of the blue in your company ?

9. Do you ever give black looks at work ?

10. Do you ever see red at work ?

11. Is there a real division in your company between white and blue-collar workers ?

12. Is there a grey eminence in your company ?