10 Common Colourful Idioms

randomly, without warning, surprisingly

• Green with envy

• Out of the blue

• Gray area

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something that is unclear, undefined

• Green with envy

• Green thumb

• Gray area

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to catch someone in the act of doing something

• Black sheep

• Caught red-handed

• Once in a blue moon

• Take the red eye

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very rarely

• Once in a blue moon

• Take the red eye

• Green thumb

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a late night flight that arrives early in the morning

• Take the red eye

• Black sheep

• Tickled pink

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to be extremely pleased

• Green with envy

• White lie

• Tickled pink

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to be skilled at gardening

• Green with envy

• Green thumb

• Black sheep

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

• Out of the blue

• Green with envy

• White lie

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

• Caught red-handed

• Black sheep

• Take the red eye

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to be very jealous, envious

• Green with envy

• Tickled pink

• Green thumb

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