A lot of idiomatic expressions in English have colors in them. Try to fill in the following blanks with the right colors!
1. After the long vacation, she seemed a little ____________ around the edges. (*meaning “slightly tired or feeling sad”)
2. Whether
the film is a masterpiece or a piece of shXX is still a ____________ area.
(*meaning “uncertain; not clearly defined)
3. She ______________
out for a couple of seconds after hitting her head. (*meaning “to faint/
pass out”)
4. He
has hit a __________________ patch in his career. (*meaning “a period of
exceptional success”)
5. He’s
always _____________-nosing his boss not to get laid-off. (*meaning “to
try too hard to please someone”)
6. The
movie “Formula 1” got me on the edge of my seat all along through the
back-to-back scenes of ______________-knuckle driving of racers.
(*meaning “extremely tense or scary”
7. She’s
finally out of the ______________ and back at work. (*meaning “recovering
from illness or struggle”)
8. Mr.
Bobson, our arts & crafts teacher, kept saying “Always be mindful to do
some ____________-sky thinking!” (*meaning of “creative and open-minded
thinking”)
9. She saw
___________ when she found out about her boybfriend’s lies. (*meaning “become
extremely mad”)
10. Guess I’ve become a _______________-bellied
wimp who can’t go outside during freezing winter. I was stronger enough to run
around the block in snow back in Peoria! (*meaning “afraid or cowardly; timid”)
Answer Keys
1. blue
2. gray
3. blacked
4. purple
5. brown
6. white
7. pink
8. blue
9. red
10.
yellow
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