Color related idioms

Color-related Idioms

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black and blue - 1. bruised [from appearance] black and white - 1. clearly distinct or different [as in "as different as black and white"] 2. obvious and clear, as in print [as in "there it is, in black and white"] black humor black market black out - 1. to lose consciousness black sheep - 1. outcast, esp. of a family [as a single black sheep among a family of white sheep] black tie - 1. formal [from appropriate dress] blackball blacklist blackout - 1. loss of electricity blackmail - 1. to use detrimental information as leverage in controlling the actions (often extorting payment) of others in the black the pot calling the kettle black - 1. a worse offender [citing the guilt of] a lesser offender

blue - sad

blue blood - 1. royal, regal

blue funk - 1. very depressed [as in "she was in a blue funk"] blue law

blue Monday

blue movies - 1. movies with explicit sex

blue print

blue ribbon - 1. first rate [from the customary award given for first place] blue stocking

blue streak

blue-collar workers - 1. laborers

blue-pencil

once in a blue moon

out of the blue

sing the blues; have the blues

true blue

brown o brown out - 1. partial loss of electricity

o brown nose - 1. slightly vulgar, refers to flattering someone in a position

of power in order to obtain favors o in a brown study - 1. seriously contemplating something

gray

o gray area - 1. a context or section, as of a law, which is easily disputable; a

"murky area" o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o blue

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