Idioms: contain colors

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