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a red-letter day red tape
a white elephant a white lie
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a very important or joyful occasion in your life (e.g. your wedding anniversary)
something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose
intelligence
an unimportant lie, usually told so as riot to hurt someone's feelings
something that takes people's attention away from the main subject being talked or written about
an area of fields and woodland around a town or city
a member of the family who is bad in the eyes of the rest of the family
official rules which do not seem necessary and which make things happen very slowly; unnecessary bureaucracy
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Complete the idioms in the following sentences with a suitable colour. Choose from black, blue, green, pink, red, white and yellow. You can use the same colour more than once.
After several weeks of discussion, the group were given the
green     light, and could finally go ahead with the new project. (They were given permission to go ahead.)
There's no point in asking my boss for a day off next week. I'm in her     ■_i_ books. (I'm not very popular with her at the
moment.)
Bernardine has always had garden looks so good. (She has always been good at gardening.)
fingers. That's why her
You can argue with her until you're
in the face.
But once she's made up her mind, that's it! (It doesn't matter what you say to her, she won't listen to you.)
After a neighbour raised the alarm, the burglar was caught
___ -handed by the police. (He was caught as he was
committing the crime.)
If there was a war, I don't think I'd fight for my country. I've got
too much of a__ streak. I'd be afraid of getting
killed. (I'm too much of a coward.)
Her husband always saw_
when the neighbours
played loud music. (He became very angry.)
By the way, Maurice, my wife was tickled       '_at your
asking her to judge the Flower Show. (She was very amused and pleased.)
I'm not going, to play rugby again! I was
and
all over after the last match. (Covered with braises.)
All the girls were
with envy when Natasha told
her that Viktor Borowitz had asked her out. (They were very envious.)
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