Colour Idioms
By many of his fans, Wayne Rooney is seen as the [______] boy of his football team
Golden
He's a lone [____] who doesn't like getting close to anybody
wolf
Of course he isn't a bad person, look at him! He wouldn't [__]
hurt a fly
If I say “break a leg” I mean:
Good luck
If you were born with a [____] spoon in your mouth, you are really rich
Silver
Lisa had [____] in her pants the day before her interview
ants
Now that I am 18, i can [__] an exam and get the drivers license
sit for
Sorry, I was just [___], it was just a joke.
pulling your leg
A bolt from the [______] means when you receive unexpected bad news
Blue
If you want to win, then go ahead and grab the [___] by the horns.
bull
It always takes time to [__] a relative's death, take that for [__]
come to terms with, granted
I can make almost everything grow in my garden, I must have green [___].
fingers
When we were children, my brother Jake always used to get [________] if our dad bought something for me and not for him. Jake used to stand up, [______] and shout at him, slamming his bedroom’s door
green with envy, see red
His wife smelt a [___] when he suddenly started working late for the past few weeks.
rat
I wanted to talk to my son about his final exams, but he was [__], i think he fail them
beating about/around the bush
She was talking about me [___]
behind my back
I’m always [______] when he comes to visit. He is such a [_____] person…
browned off, colourless
That's a fat-[__] kind of house—something we middle-class people can only dream about
cat
I wish i could be like my boss, he can call
the tune
He had his [__] while driving, so he didn’t see that tree and crashed.
head in the clouds