COLOR EXPRESSIONS II Blue-blooded: aristocratic, noble, high-class, refined Blue-chip: top-class, topnotch (informal , first-rate, top-grade, n!

mber one (informal Blue-collar worker: laborer, hand, "or#hand, dr!dge, "or#er, emplo$ee Blue-penciled: censored, c!t, e%p!rgated, changed, amended Blue ribbon: a"ard, trib!te, credit, commemoration, remembrance, medal, badge, certificate, degree Blue-eyed boy: darling, s"eetheart, dear, lo&e, belo&ed, pet, hone$ ('S informal Feeling blue: depressed, do"n, sad, !nhapp$ Once in a blue moon: rarel$, !ncommonl$, occasionall$, once in a "hile, no" and then, seldom Red-alert: "arning, signal, alarm, siren, heads-!p Red carpet: "elcome, greeting, sal!tation, sal!te, hospitalit$, preferential treatment Red herring: deco$, tric#, plo$, l!re, di&ersion, de&iation, de&ice Red light: re(ection, disappro&al, th!mbs do"n (informal , no, ref!sal, prohibition, declining Red tape: formalities, b!rea!crac$, paper"or#, official proced!re, r!les and reg!lations, proced!res, reg!lations, r!les Red-blooded: &igoro!s, strong, rob!st, heart$, l!st$, hale Red-letter day) special da$, da$ to remember, t!rning point, occasion Red-faced: bl!shing, fl!shed, embarrassed, s"eating, ashamed Red-handed: in the middle of an act, committing a crime, la"brea#ing, offending, &iolating, offense Red-hot: b!rning, boiling, si**ling (informal , fier$ Red-top: ne"spaper, tabloid, doc!ment, man!script, thesis, essa$, article, piece, lect!re Red rag: to pro&o#e In the red: o&erdra"n, in debt, insol&ent, bro#e (informal , in arrears, ban#r!pt, indebted +nton$m) in the blac# See red: lose $o!r temper, lose it (informal , be enraged, go "ild, rage, lose $o!r head +nton$m) calm do"n Green: rather ine%perienced, immat!re, innocent Green about the gills: na!seo!s, seasic#, !nsettled, odd, grogg$, "oo*$, sic#, ill !ncomfortable, do!btf!l, d!bio!s, !nsettling, tro!bling Green around the gills: ill, !n"ell, bad, pale, tasteless, bi*arre, na!seo!s, bored, sic# and tired, fed !p, had it

Green light: go ahead (informal , O, (informal , th!mbs !p (informal , permission, consent, appro&al Green with en y or Green-eyed: (ealo!s, resentf!l, spitef!l, gr!dging, en&io!s, possessi&e !hite as a sheet: bloodless, non&iolent, peacef!l, pale, anemic !hit lie: !ntr!th, half-tr!th, lie, tall tale, falsification !hite lightening: nonsense, silliness, fiction, gibberish !hite line: starting point, point of depart!re, reference point, reference line, starting position, *ero standard, model, criterion, starting point, -!alit$ chec# reference, control, chec#, set of data, set of &al!es, set of res!lts bo!ndar$, bo!ndar$ line, line, peripher$, limit !hite collar: professional, managerial, management, salaried, office, e%ec!ti&e, administrati&e !hite-knuckle: e%hilarating, frightening, terrif$ing, e%citing, adrenaline-charged, ner&e-rac#ing !hitened: o&er!sed, old, ancient, age-old, stale, "orn, "orn-o!t !hitewashed: o&ercome, o&erpo"ered, o&er"helmed, con-!ered, cr!shed, ro!ted "o show white flag: to s!rrender, to ma#e a peace offer !hitewash) misrepresent, co&er !p, conceal, e%plain a"a$, s"eep !nder the carpet, e%c!se #itch-black: blac#, dar#, in#$, (et-blac#, pitch-dar#, black as night, !nlit Black eye: br!ise Black humor Black look: dirt$ loo#, glare, fro"n Black magic: sorcer$, "itcher$ Black out: faint, pass o!t Black tie: dinner (ac#et, t!%edo, t!% (informal Black-and-blue: br!ised, aching, h!rt, in(!red, battered, beaten Black-and-white: straightfor"ard, categorical, !ncompromising, in "riting Blackball: e%cl!de, ban, #eep o!t, bo$cott, blacklist, gi&e the cold sho!lder Blackmail: e%tortion, briber$, corr!ption, e%traction, protection, coercion, threat Blackness: dar#ness, hopelessness, depression, melanchol$, pessimism, anger, f!r$ Blacktop: asphalt, tar, bit!men, tarmac In the black: sol&ent, in the mone$, in credit, in clo&er, fl!sh (informal Black market

Brown: tanned, s!nb!rned, bron*ed Brown study: da$dream, dream, trance, m!sing, contemplation Browned-off: anno$ed, fed !p (informal , irritated, disco!raged Brownout: po"er c!t, po"er fail!re #ink: fl!shed, red, ros$, glo"ing, bl!shing, r!dd$, health$-loo#ing #ink slip: firing (informal , discharge, (ob loss, dismissal In the pink: &er$ fit Sil er screen: film, mo&ie, motion pict!re, cinema, big screen, mo&ie ind!str$ Sil er-tongued: elo-!ent, smooth-tal#ing, pers!asi&e Gold brick: fa#e, fra!d, fool.s gold, forger$ Gold digger: greed$ person Golden age: pea#, best of times Golden opportunity: chance, ad&antage, brea# (informal , chance of a lifetime, good fort!ne