Colour Expressions

Colour Expressions

Language tutorial for B103 students

Can you think of any colour expressions in English?

Let's see how many you know!

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Multiple Choice

Translate: Passer une nuit BLANCHE (Choose the BEST answer.)

• Have a white night

• Pull an all nighter

• Stay up all night

• Have a black night

Multiple Choice

Translate: Avoir une peur BLEU (Choose the BEST answer.)

• to have a blue fright

• to be very scared

• to be scared stiff

• to be as scared as a Siberian cockroach

Multiple Choice

Translate: Voir la vie en ROSE (Choose the BEST answer.)

• To see the world through rose-coloured glasses

• To see the world in pink

• To be as happy as a clam

• To see sunshine and rainbows

Multiple Choice

Translate: Donner carte BLANCHE à quelqu'un

• To give someone the white card

• To give someone carte blanche

• To give someone a bucket of tulips

• To give someone the pink slip

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Homework:

• Complete the colour expressions on your handout.

  NOTE: You will be asked to reinvest these expressions in written and spoken production. They are WIDELY USED + AUTHENTIC.