Idioms with colours

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Vocabulary

IDIOMS WITH COLOURS

BROWN

to be browned off = be bored, fed up.
He's browned off with his job.
as brown as a berry = having the skin tanned brown by the sun or the weather.
in a brown study = in deep thought.

GREEN

to be green = be immature, inexperienced, easily fooled.
You must be green to believe that!
to be green with envy = be extremely envious.
I was absolutely green with envy when I saw his splendid new car.
to have green fingers = have skill in gardening.
to give someone the green light = give somebody permission to do something.
a green belt = area of open land around a city.
a greenhouse = building with sides and roof of glass, used for growing plants.

GREY

grey area = aspect that doesn't fit into a particular category, and is therefore difficult to deal with.
When the rules for police procedure were laid down, a lot of grey areas remained.
grey matter = one's brain or intelligence.
He's a boy with much grey matter, he is extremely good at maths.
to go grey = become grey-haired.

YELLOW

a yellow streak = cowardice in somebody's character.
the yellow press = newspapers that deliberately include sensational news items to attract readers.

Exercise

Choose the right answer.

1. When Sarah knew that her friend was travelling to Australia, she was .

2. After spending three weeks in the Caribbean, Samantha came back home .

3. I don't trust that newspaper at all. It's part of the .

4. We should find a solution to this problem, specially in all those .

5. Hey, you're only 24 years old, but I can see you're already .

6. Please shut up! I'm with your stories!

7. The local government has given the artisans to open the flea market everyday.

8. Sue loves all plants and flowers. I can assure you that she .

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