BLACK AND BLUE
- Meaning: To be bruised either because of a beating or otherwise.
- Example: I am going to beat you black and blue.
CATCH SOMEONE RED-HANDED
- Meaning: To get caught doing something wrong, illegal or unlawful.
- Example: He was spying on the minister and the police caught him red-handed.
GREEN WITH ENVY
- Meaning: To feel extremely jealous.
- Example: His expensive car made me go green with envy.
OFF COLOR
- Meaning: A term used for someone looking weak or unwell.
- Example: He’d recovered from the attack but he still looked off color.
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
- Meaning: To refer to something that occurs very rarely.
- Example: I meet him only once in a blue moon.
SEE RED
- Meaning: To be extremely angry about something
- Example: After she betrayed him, he was seeing red.
TO SHOW YOUR TRUE COLORS
- Meaning: When someone shows their true colors, they reveal the kind of person they really are.
- Example: Only in times of need do friends show you their true colors.
TO PASS WITH FLYING COLORS
- Meaning: To pass something with flying colors is to do very well.
- Example: I had thought I wouldn’t clear the exams but I passed with flying colors.
WHITEWASH
- Meaning: To whitewash something is to cover up its flaws.
- Example: The Indian government has been accused of trying to whitewash the Commonwealth games scandal.
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
- Meaning: A golden opportunity represents an opportunity that is very hard to come by and rather unexpected.
- Example: The deal was a golden opportunity and anyone would have been foolish to have not signed it.
