{"id":71872,"date":"2019-08-29T09:42:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=71872"},"modified":"2019-08-29T09:42:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T09:42:05","slug":"colour-idioms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/colour-idioms-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idioms and phrases using red<\/h3>\n

A \u201cred-letter day\u201d is one of special importance and good fortune. To \u201cpaint the town red\u201d is to celebrate. To \u201csee red\u201d is to be angry. A \u201cred herring\u201d is a distraction, something that takes attention away from the real issue. If a business is \u201cin the red,\u201d it is losing money.<\/p>\n

Idioms using green<\/h3>\n

\u201cTo go green\u201d is to become jealous. A \u201cgreenback\u201d is slang for a U.S. dollar bill. If you have a \u201cgreen thumb\u201d you are a good gardener.<\/p>\n

Idioms using blue<\/h3>\n

If you are \u201ctrue blue,\u201d you are loyal and faithful. \u201cFeeling blue\u201d is feeling sad. Something \u201cout of the blue\u201d is from an unknown source at an unexpected time.<\/p>\n

Idioms using purple<\/h3>\n

\u201cPurple speech\u201d is profane talk. \u201cPurple prose\u201d is writing that is full of exaggerated literary effects and ornamentation.<\/p>\n

Idioms using yellow<\/h3>\n

If someone is said to have a \u201cyellow streak,\u201d that person is considered a coward. \u201cYellow journalism\u201d refers to irresponsible and alarmist reporting.<\/p>\n

Idioms using white<\/h3>\n

A \u201cwhite elephant\u201d is a possession that costs more than it is worth to keep or an item that the owner doesn’t want but can’t get rid of.<\/p>\n

Idioms using black<\/h3>\n

A \u201cblack hearted\u201d person is evil. If a business is \u201cin the black,\u201d it is making money. A \u201cblacklist\u201d is a list of persons or organizations to be boycotted or punished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Idioms and phrases using red A \u201cred-letter day\u201d is one of special importance and good fortune. To \u201cpaint the town red\u201d is to celebrate. To \u201csee red\u201d is to be angry. A \u201cred herring\u201d...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[319,184,393,974],"class_list":["post-71872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-color-idioms","tag-colour-idioms","tag-english-idioms","tag-idioms-with-colour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71873,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71872\/revisions\/71873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}