English for Everybody - Intermediate Course
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Idioms of colour.

Each of the sentences below uses an idiom of colour. Choose the right colour to complete the idiom.


1. That coward is too ........ to tell his girlfriend that it's over - he's too scared of her.
green     brown     yellow    

2. He was tickled ...... when the local radio station asked him to speak about his hobby.
purple     pink     tan    

3. You can argue with him until you are ...... in the face. He will never listen.
green     grey     blue    

4. Do you remember ........ Wednesday, when there was that huge financial disaster?
blue     black     red    

5. He is too ........ to know what to do - give the job to someone with more experience.
green     pink     white    

6. Thank heaven you are here. The baby is screaming ........ murder, and I can't get her quiet.
black     red     blue    

7. Are we going to give up? Wave the ........ flag, and admit that we have lost the battle?.
black     grey     white    

8. I always get a bit ........ during the late winter. It's such a depressing time.
green     brown     blue    

9. You should have seen them when I arrived in my new sports car. They were ........ with jealousy.
green     brown     yellow    

10. Next Monday is a ....... letter day. We will have been married for 15 years.
blue     white     red    

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