There are so many color idioms with sentences which are available for us to learn, but today I will be telling you the 10 very interesting color idioms with sentences which will make your English attractive and wonderful when you speak among your friends and official colleagues.
1. White elephant : Any unprofitable investment
Example sentence : That particular park has become a white elephant as no one is allowed to enter there for walking or exercise after the government’s order to lock it.
2. Brown study : A mood in which a person is in deep thoughts without paying attention to any other thing.
Example sentence : Many students of the class were in a brown study while the teacher was solving the second question of Mathematics.
3. White paper : Official report or policy
Example sentence : The current government can issue a white paper after meeting with the top officials.
4. Black mood : Very unhappy feeling
Example sentence : Why are you in a black mood today?
5. In the red : In debt
Example sentence : Many companies are in the red because of the impact of coronavirus which started in 2020 in India.
6. White lie: Any harmless lie
Example sentence : Rahul praised the new haircut of Ramesh, although it was a white lie because the new haircut of Ramesh was not good at all.
7. Red herring : Something which is distracting, misleading as well as irrelevant
Example sentence : The new law by the government to appease the minority is nothing but a red herring which is intended to divert the attention from the very important issue of education.
8. Paint the town red : To celebrate wildly and in a rowdy manner
Example sentence : All the students of class 12th were about to finish their school, and hence they decided to paint the town red on Friday because they wanted to remember it as a very important day in their life.
9. Tickled pink : Amused or very happy
Example sentence : All the students were tickled pink after their great result in the last examination.
10. Yellow streak : Cowardly way or characteristic
Example sentence : Many people say that the captain of this particular cricket team has a yellow streak as he is not able to direct his team members for a sharp attack against the opponents whenever required.
I hope that you all must have enjoyed the 10 color idioms with sentences, and you’re definitely going to use them in your daily conversation to sound wonderful in your Spoken English.
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I’m Mohammad Zahid Hussain, a Content Writer, Spoken English, IELTS and PTE Trainer. I’m also a Professional English-Hindi and Hindi-English Translator, Editor and Proofreader. I’m a graduate from Jamia Millia Islamia University, and I’m here to share my articles on a wide range of topics to help you enhance your insights into various things to provide you with factual information and creative analysis.
