Color Idioms!

What is the right color to describe yourself or what is your favorite color? Today, we would like to work on some color idioms. Fill in the following blanks with the right color for the given sentences to make sense.

 

1.   My b_________ flag (meaning ‘odd but not boring behavior’ which is not super positive or negative; unique and unfiltered personality quirks that are just "there") is that I always wear a blue tank on my road race days and red on my midterms or the finals.

 

2.   Ralph was a b__________ sheep in his family. (meaning ‘a member of a group who is different from the rest in a negative way’)

 

3.   Seeing Marty at the party was a bolt from the b________! (meaning ‘completely unexpected and surprising’) He had never attended an office party before.

 

4.   Joseph has been br_______-nosing his manager to survive the second wave of layoff. (meaning ‘to act in an excessively submissive way to gain someone’s favour’)

 

5.   Ken and Jenna were ready to paint the town r_______. (meaning ‘to party or celebrate in a rowdy/wild manner’)

 

6.   I wish I had a g_______________ thumb. I even killed die-hard snake plants. (meaning ‘to have a knack for making plants grow well; to be very good at gardening’)

 

7.   Figuring out when playful teasing turns into workplace harassment can be a difficult moral gr_______ area. (meaning ‘something without a clear rule or answer’)

 

8.   I was tickled p________ when I saw him. (meaning ‘very pleased or amused’)

 

9.   You expect the world to give you everything on a s_________ platter? Just wake up and get real! (meaning ‘to give someone something without them having to work or make an effort to get it’)

 

10. Listen, y___________ bellied cowards! Why don’t you pick on someone who can actually fight back? (meaning ‘not having courage’; cowardly’- This adjective can imply a sense of contempt or disapproval.)

 

 

*Answer Keys

1. beige flag

2. black sheep

3. a bolt from the blue

4. brown-nosing

5. paint the town red

6. a green thumb

7. grey

8. tickled pink

9. on a silver platter

10. yellow-bellied