Color idioms

1. Click on the following links to learn about the correct use of color idioms:

2. Watch the video:

3. Practice the useful color idioms and write a story and use at least 2 idioms and send it to my e-mail (my e-mail is in the teacher page).

4. Here are some online exercises to check if you really understood the lesson.

5. In this part, you must answer to these questions and send them to my e-mail.

1. My face goes _______ when I'm embarrassed.
a. beet red
b. golden
c. silver

2. The boxer was _______ after round 10.
a. green as grass
b. black and blue
c. a black sheep

3. If you "have the blues", you feel
a. sick
b. sad
c. hungry

4. I only eat meat once in a
a. green day
b. yellow star
c. blue moon

5. This job's my _______ to get experience in the industry.
a. red tape
b. golden opportunity
c. grey area

6. If something happens "out of the blue", it's
a. a surprise
b. unwelcome
c. embarrassing

7. If you're taking "the red eye", you're taking
a. a slow bus
b. an early train
c. a very late flight

8. We were given the _______ to take time off for our holiday.
a. black sheep
b. green light
c. white lie

9. If you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you're born into a _______ family.
a. rich
b. strange
c. poor

10. People often show their _______ when they've had too much to drink.
a. true blues
b. true colors
c. flying colors