COLOR IDIOMS continuation of animal idioms!

[Mad-ox]

hi,


Let's play and learn!
I opened this topic in order to write each of us ONE idiom in which there is A COLOR. The idiom MUST be explained by you! Mine is the following:

"In the red" means "be in debt"
At this time of year we are usually in the red.

best wishes to those who enter this play,
madox

[englishstudent]

"turn green with envy"
meaning: be very jealous

[king of darkness]

to look / feel blue

MEANING: - to look / feel depressed or discontented.

EXAMPLE:

"Things are looking blue for Tom these days. His wife has left him."

[Ouisch]

"like white on rice"

MEANING: very closely

When Bob found out I had front row tickets for the concert, he stuck to me like white on rice.

[Mad-ox]

hi,


'' to have green fingers''

If someone has green fingers, he/she is good at making plants grow.

madox

[englishstudent]

To see red

Meaning: be extremely angry

Example:

When the millionaire found out that his son had driven
his company in the red, he saw red. ;)

[RobbieCook]

"He turned bright red!"

It means the person who turned red was very embarrassed. People often blush when they're embarrassed, making their face appear red.

[Mad-ox]

hi again,

"to be not as green as one cabbage looking" = not as foolish or inexperienced as one looks or seems.

eg. Peter is a lazy boy but he is not as green as he cabbage looking.

madox

[Shad]

Out of the blues: rarely

[bunnyboiler]

Purple patch.

I saw this in newspaper article that written about a friend of mine some time back (so you may say it's a bit of a cheat). I'd never heard of it so I asked him what it meant...

"It means a run of good luck, or a winning streak" was his reply!