Conversation Idea: Color Idioms
Vocabulary & Phrases
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Green thumb
Green with envy
Give the green light
To be yellow
White lie
White collar
Blue collar
Out of the blue
Feel blue (have the blues)
Black out
Black list
Black sheep
Black and white
In the red
Roll out the red carpet
Red tape
Red flag
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you think you will begin using any of the above idioms? Which ones?
2. Does your culture have any idioms similar in meaning to the expressions listed above? What are
some?
3. Does your family have a “black sheep”?
4. What do you do to cheer yourself up when you’ve got “the blues”?
5. Do you come from a “blue collar” or “white collar” background?
Used by permission of Chi Alpha Ministries (www.onemorefriend.org)