to catch someone stealing
I caught you _____ _________
red handed
To feel sad
I am ________________ ___________
I am feeling blue
to be jealous
She was a ________ ________ ________
She was a green eyed monster
____ for ______ ______
Go for the gold
To tell a lie to protect someone's feelings
She told him a ________ ______ _____
She told him a little white lie
to lose electricity
Last summer, we had a ________ _____
Last summer, we had a black out
She got fired
She got a ______ ____________
She got a pink slip
to come in second place
He got the _______________ _____________
He got the silver medal
He went to a magical place
He went _______________ the ____________
to owe money
Our business is ___ ___ ___
in the red
To work with your hands in your job
He has a __________ _________ job
He has a blue collar job
To be sick
He is _______ around ______ _____
He is green around the gills
a person who marries for money
She is a ______________ ________________
She is a gold digger
to be very scared
He was _______________ ____________ when he saw the ghost
He was white knuckled when he saw the ghost
to NOT owe money
We are ______ ____ _____
We are in the black
To make someone laugh
She is _______________________ _______
She is tickled pink
To present something with great honor
She gave me the gift on _____ ________
________________
She gave me the gift on a silver platter
to get to the end of a challenge
We finished the race and met _____ ____ end ___
the _________
We finished the race and met at the end of the rainbow
to be angry or embarrassed
He was _____ _______________ when everyone looked at him
red faced
To talk about sad things
She _______ the _________
She sings the blues
To have skill growing plants
To have a ________________ __________
To have a green thumb
Some place that is very valuable
Wow, this place is a ____________ ________
Wow, this place is a gold mine
After the fast car ride, she was very scared
She was __________________ as _____
______________
She was white as a sheet
The answer is very clear.
It is ________________ and ____________
It is black and white
To be healthy
She is ______ _____ _______
She is in the pink
Food or anything that goes bad
That cheese is a little ____ ________
That cheese is a little off color
to treat people like they were special
To roll out the
red carpet
something that happens unexpectedly
It came________ __ ____ ________
It came out of the blue
The_________________ is always_______________
for other people.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the
fence
A great opportunity to do or get something
That invitation is a __________________ _________
That invitation is a golden ticket
Something that we don't like to talk about
Let's not talk about the _________ __________
in the room
Let's not talk about the white elephant in the room
It's a very fancy party.
It's a _______ ______ event
It's a black tie event
She works in a restaurant. She has a _________
___________ job
She works in a restaurant. She has a pink collared job
Something good comes out of the bad
Every______________________ has a __________
______________________
Every cloud has a silver lining
To follow your dreams, even when they are not practical
He is always _______________ _____________
He is always chasing rainbows
to go out and have fun
______ the ________ ______
Paint the town red
Something that doesn't happen many times
I go to the movies _____________ in a ___________
__________________
I go to the movies once in a blue moon
Money from the USA
It will cost you a few _____________ ________
It will cost you a few green backs.
Something that looks valuable but is not
She got a heap of ______________ _________
She got a heap of fools gold
He is a doctor. He has a _________________
____________________ job
He is a doctor. He has a white collared job
A person who is different from many people in the family
She is the _____________ ___________ of the family.
She is the black sheet of the family.
a friendly promise
We made a ______ _____________ to be friends for life.
We made a pinky promise to be friends for life
Movies from the 1920-1950's
She was an actress in the _________ ______
She was an actress in the Silver Screen
To see the true nature of someone
I see your _________________ __________
I see your true colors