the black sheep
ex: he is the black sheep in our family
nghịch tử, phá gia chi tử
blue in the face
ex: You can tell her to clean her room until you are blue in the face, but she won't do it.
mãi mãi, vô vọng
red-letter day
ex: yesterday was my red-letter day
ngày đáng nhớ vì có chuyện tốt lành, ngày vui
white as a ghost/sheet
ex: your face is white as a ghost
trắng bệch
with flying colors
ex: your idea is with flying colors
xuất sắc
once in a blue moon
ex: He doesn't usually come to social gatherings, he shows up once in a blue moon.
năm thì mười họa, hiếm khi
black and white
ex: Disarmament isn't a black-and-white issue for me.
rõ ràng
catch sb red-handed
ex: He was caught red-handed taking money from the till
bắt tại trận
have a yellow streak
ex: my sister has a yellow streak
có tính nhát gan
get/ given the green light
ex: she gets/is given the green light from him
bật đèn xanh
out of the blue
ex: One day, out of the blue, she announced that she was leaving.
hoàn toàn bất ngờ
paint the town red
ex: I'm ready to paint the town red with a few of my closest friends.
ăn mừng
red tape
ex: We must cut through the red tape.
nạn quan liêu
in the pink
ex: he is in the pink
sức khỏe tốt
lend color to sth
ex: The broken windown on the ground floor lent colour to Mrs.Brown's story about that her house had been burgled
chứng minh cái gì