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[queenbu]

Definition

rose-coloured glasses British & Australian, American & Australian rose-colored glasses, British rose-coloured spectacles

If someone thinks about or looks at something with rose-coloured glasses, they think it is more pleasant than it really is
She's nostalgic for a past that she sees through rose-colored glasses.
She's very optimistic, she looks at life through rose-coloured spectacles.

[daniela79]

Originally Posted by Shad

Out of the blues: rarely

Originally Posted by BobK

'Once in a blue moon' - rarely

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Do they have the same meaning then? are they both colloquial and informal at the same level?

[queenbu]

Actually, out of the blue does not mean rarely.


out of the blue

- without any warning, by surprise (like coming out of a blue sky)

Out of the blue my friend decided to quit his job and go to Europe.

[moggy]

To be "Yellow" or have a yellow streak
= To be cowardly

[JACOOL]

IN BLACK AND WHITE,
when somthing is done in black and white , it's very easy or very clear, it can be an adj. as well.
eg. the book explains maths in a black-and-white way.

way to go Mad-ox

[Rapunzel]

LIFE IN PINK....

if u r life in pink, u r so emotional....

I like this game...thanks to everyone...

[BobK]

Originally Posted by queenbu

Definition
rose-coloured glasses British & Australian, American & Australian rose-colored glasses, British rose-coloured spectacles
If someone thinks about or looks at something with rose-coloured glasses, they think it is more pleasant than it really is
She's nostalgic for a past that she sees through rose-colored glasses.
She's very optimistic, she looks at life through rose-coloured spectacles.

Also (?perhaps more often) 'rose-tinted spectacles'.

And here's another blue one (not too contentious, I hope )

blue-eyed boy - especially favoured young man

She's bound to listen to his suggestions - he's her blue-eyed boy at the moment.

(I'm not sure if you can have a blue-eyed girl, but even if you can the collocation is less common - although Google won't show you this, maybe because of a song title; but a simple SARA search of the BNC has only one hit for the female of the species, as opposed to these seven: SARA Search Results . Besides, the 'blue-eyed girl' in that one hit is literally blue-eyed.)

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[Ouisch]

Black Friday - in the US, it's the day after Thanksgiving, usually one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Most people have the day off from work, and they start their Christmas shopping this day. It is referred to as Black Friday because, presumably, it's the day that shops start making a profit for the year. They go from being "in the red" to being "in the black."

[queenbu]

blue blood
someone who has blue blood is from a family of the highest social class, aristocracy.
He has a fair bit of blue blood coursing through his veins.

The term "blue blood" originated in Spain. It was used to differentiate between people with pale skin (Europeans) from others. The veins appeared more blue due to the lighter skin. The term was carried over from Spanish to English in the early 1800's.

Actually I thought that the origin lay in the colour of the blood as a result of the guillotine decapitations during the French Revolution.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Ouisch

Black Friday - in the US, it's the day after Thanksgiving, usually one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Most people have the day off from work, and they start their Christmas shopping this day. It is referred to as Black Friday because, presumably, it's the day that shops start making a profit for the year. They go from being "in the red" to being "in the black."

This side of the pond we have Black Wednesday; - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and of course there's Black Tuesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . I didn't know about Black Friday though , and would have guessed (from the analogies of BT and BW) that it was a bad day.

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