Colours are used to describe feelings, moods and emotions. Match the following ‘colour expressions’ with a suggested paraphrase.

(i) The Monday morning blue - Feel embarrassed / angry / ashamed

(ii) Go red in the face - feel very sick, as if about to vomit

(iii) Look green - Sadness or depression after a weekend of fun

(iv) The red carpet - The sign or permission to begin an action

(v) Blue-blooded - A sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting

(vi) A green belt - In an unlawful act; while doing something wrong

(vii) A blackguard - A photographic print of building plans; a detailed plan or scheme

(viii) A grey area - land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law

(ix) A white flag - An area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear

(x) A blueprint - A dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong

(xi) red-handed -a special welcome

(xii) the green light -of noble birth or from a royal family

Question

Colours are used to describe feelings, moods and emotions. Match the following ‘colour expressions’ with a suggested paraphrase.

(i) The Monday morning blue - Feel embarrassed / angry / ashamed

(ii) Go red in the face - feel very sick, as if about to vomit

(iii) Look green - Sadness or depression after a weekend of fun

(iv) The red carpet - The sign or permission to begin an action

(v) Blue-blooded - A sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting

(vi) A green belt - In an unlawful act; while doing something wrong

(vii) A blackguard - A photographic print of building plans; a detailed plan or scheme

(viii)  A grey area - land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law

(ix) A white flag - An area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear

(x) A blueprint - A dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong

(xi) red-handed  -a special welcome

(xii) the green light -of noble birth or from a royal family

Tasneem · Accepted Answer

(i)

the Monday morning blues

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sadness or depression after a weekend of fun

(ii)

goredin the face

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feel embarrassed/angry/ashamed

(iii)

lookgreen

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feel very sick, as if about to vomit

(iv)

theredcarpet

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a special welcome

(v)

blue-blooded

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of noble birth or from a royal family

(vi)

agreenbelt

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land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law

(vii)

ablackguard

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a dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong

(viii)

agreyarea

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an area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear

(ix)

awhiteflag

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a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting

(x)

ablueprint

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a photographic print of building plans; a detailed plan or scheme

(xi)

red-handed

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in an unlawful act; while doing something wrong

(xii)

thegreenlight

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the sign or permission to begin an action

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