10 Common Colourful Idioms

randomly, without warning, surprisingly

• Green with envy

• Out of the blue

• Gray area

something that is unclear, undefined

• Green with envy

• Green thumb

• Gray area

to catch someone in the act of doing something

• Black sheep

• Caught red-handed

• Once in a blue moon

• Take the red eye

very rarely

• Once in a blue moon

• Take the red eye

• Green thumb

a late night flight that arrives early in the morning

• Take the red eye

• Black sheep

• Tickled pink

to be extremely pleased

• Green with envy

• White lie

• Tickled pink

to be skilled at gardening

• Green with envy

• Green thumb

• Black sheep

a small lie that is told to be polite or avoid hurting someone’s feelings

• Out of the blue

• Green with envy

• White lie

to be the outcast, odd one out, unlike the others

• Caught red-handed

• Black sheep

• Take the red eye

to be very jealous, envious

• Green with envy

• Tickled pink

• Green thumb