关于颜色的谚语

1、the red tape : complicated official rules and regulations , especially when these are considered unnecessary.
2、blue-eyed : a person treated with special favour by somebody.
3、green: lacking experience, not mature enough.
4、tickled pink: extremely pleased.
5、in a brown study: thinking deeply.
6、out of blue: unexpectedly; without warning.
7、as black as he is painted: as bad as he is said to be.
8、white elephant: a thing that is useless and often expensive to maintain.
9、grey matter: intelligence.
10、the black sheep: a person who is strongly disapproved of by other members of the family.
11、browned off: bored; fed up.
12、green fingers: has a skill in growing plants.
13、I’v seen the red light: I’m afraid something bad may happen.
14、give the green light to；give permission to start.
15、see you only once in a blue moon: seldom see you.
16、in the pink: in very good health.
17、a brown-stone district: a rich district.
18、holds the blue pencil: is responsible for crossing out or altering the offensive parts of a book before it is shown to the public.
19、I am in the black；I still have money in my bank account.
20、caught red-handed: discovered in the act of cheating by looking up his textbooks in the examination.
21、green with envy; very jealous.
22、a white lie: a harmless lie.
23、the white hope: the person who is expected to bring success.
24、grey areas: ambiguous areas which had been difficult to deal with.