B2 First - Blue Idioms

to have blue blood

• a) to feel sad or depressed.

• b) to have an unusual skin colour.

• c) to have noble birth or high social status.

to be a blue-collar worker

• a) to work in office jobs.

• b) to work in manual labour or industrial jobs.

• c) to work in creative industries.

to say/shout something until you are blue in the face

• a) to shout so loud that you become physically ill.

• b) to waste your efforts saying something because you won't get any results.

• c) to get so angry that you pass out.

to happen once in a blue moon

• a) to happen all the time.

• b) to happen only at night.

• c) to happen very rarely or seldom.

blue-sky thinking/brainstorming/etc

• a) to use your imagination to generate new ideas, which might not be practical.

• b) to think with a pessimistic attitute.

• c) to generate ideas that practical and easy to carry out.

to happen out of the blue

• a) to happen very frequently.

• b) to happen very quickly.

• c) to happen unexpectedly or suddenly.

to have the blues

• a) to feel sad or depressed.

• b) to be physically ill.

• c) to have unexpected success.

to be a blue-eyed girl/boy

• a) to be good-looking or attractive.

• b) to be favoured or well-liked by someone in authority.

• c) to appear trustworthy.

to go/dive into the blue

• a) to appear after having been out of sight for a long period of time.

• b) to go swimming or diving in the ocean at night.

• c) to disappear without a trace or to go into the unknown.

to scream/shout blue murder

• a) to make an unreasonable claim.

• b) to express extreme anger or outrage.c) to complain loudly.