#EngVocab: Say it with colour!

Black and blue. Meaning: bruised and beaten.
- Example:
  - “We found the poor guy black and blue on the street.”
Black out. Meaning: faint.
- Example:
  - “Lina blacks out every time we do the flag ceremony.”
Black sheep. Meaning: the odd or outcast, especially of a family.
- Example:
  - “My youngest sister was the black sheep in our family. She dropped out of school when she was twelve years old.”
(Catch somebody/be caught) red-handed. Meaning: caught in the act of doing something illegal or wrong.
- Example:
  - “Sophie was caught red handed stealing chocolate bars at the supermarket.”
Red-letter day. Meaning: something special happens to you.
- Example:
  - “It was a red-letter day for me when I received my master’s degree.”
See red. Meaning: be very angry.
- Example:
  - “The teacher saw red when she caught her students cheating on the examination.”
Green light. Meaning: give permission to do something.
- Example:
  - “The project got the green light, so we can start tomorrow.”
Green with envy. Meaning: very jealous.
- Example:
  - “Rika is green with envy over Jessica’s new shoes.”
Green fingers (British) or green thumb (American). Meaning: be a good gardener.
- Example:
  - “You can see from her flowers in the garden that Julia has a green thumb.”
Once in the blue moon. Meaning: very rarely.
- Example:
  - “We can go to Bali for free just once in a blue moon.”
Feeling blue. Meaning: unhappy, sad, depressed.
- Example:
  - “Are you feeling blue because of the problem in your family?”
Out of the blue. Meaning: suddenly, unexpectedly.
- Example:
  - “Her decision to get married came out of the blue.”
As white as a sheet. Meaning: very pale because of shocked, fear, illness. ‪
- Example:
  - “Bella was as white as a sheet because of the illness she had suffered for months.”
White elephant. Meaning: a useless, an unwanted possession that often costs money to maintain.
- Example:
  - “Your car is a white elephant as it often breaks down and causes you too much expenditure.”
White flag. Meaning: surrender, give up.
- Example:
  - “The pirates raised a white flag after the warning from the navy.”
Yellow streak. Meaning: coward, craven.
- Example:
  - “My brother is a yellow streak that he can’t defend himself when he’s beaten up by the seniors.”
In the pink. Meaning: in very good health.
- Example:
  - “I’ve been in the pink since I started going to the gym.”
Brown off. Meaning: fed up, sick and tired of.
- Example:
  - “I’m just thoroughly browned off with his attitude.”
Grey cells. Meaning: brain.
- Example:
  - “Use your grey cell to do the examination.”
Born in the purple. Meaning: someone who is born in a royal family.
- Example:
  - “William was born in the purple.”
Silver lining. Meaning: good message behind thing (hikmah).
- Example:
  - “Every cloud has a silver lining.” – @malasyahbani
Whitewash. Meaning: to cover up crimes.
- Example:
  - “She whitewashed her brother by telling wrong info to the police.” – @malasyahbani