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Old 11-Mar-2008, 17:00
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Someone could tell me which are all the idioms that contain a colour as expression of feelings, please?
for example: to fell in blue.
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Old 11-Mar-2008, 17:04
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I meant 'to feel blue'...
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Old 11-Mar-2008, 21:31
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In the pink = very well
green with envy
yellow with jealousy
red-faced
purple with fury/anger
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go as white as a sheet
tell a white lie

be in the red
to see red
paint the town red


scream blue murder
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do you know the origin of 'to feel blue'?
why is 'blue' used to express sadness?
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This gives as good an explanation as anything: Re: "Color me blue"
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