Основы теории английского языка. Листунова Е.И. - 46 стр.

        VI. Choose the colour.
        Complete the idioms below with a suitable colour. (You wili need
to use some words more than once):
        black           green         red
        blue            grey          white
        brown           pink          yellow
        1. In most countries, goods that are scarce are usually freely avail-
able on the .... market-provided you have the money to pay for them.
        2. You can argue with her until you’re ... in the face, but once she’s
made up her mind she won’t listen to you, no matter what you say.
        3. After several weeks of discussions, the group were given the ...
light, and could finally go ahead with the new project.
        4. There’s no point in asking my boss for a day off next week. I’m
in her ... books at the moment so she’s bound to say no.
        5. She had only recently had lunch with her cousin, so the
news of his death came as a bolt from the ...
        6. Although we got a lot of nice wedding presents, we also got one
or two ... elephants.
        7. There is a common prejudice that girls who are very beautiful
must automatically be lacking in ... matter-so-called ‘dumb blondes’.
        8. Next Friday is a ... -letter day for my sister and her husband;
it’s their 25th wedding anniversary.
        9. After sunbathing for two hours every day, Joanna was as ... as a
berry.
      10. The managing director’s reference to the forthcoming sales
conference was a ... herring. He just wanted to get off the subject of this
month’s poor sales figures.
      11. She went as ... as a sheet when she heard about the accident.
      12. If there was a war, I don’t think I’d fight. I’ve got too much of
a ... streak. I’d be terrified of getting killed.
      13. I’m sorry, James, I refuse to believe it unless you can show it
to me in ... and ..!
      14. Ever since Tom got that huge order with Saudi Arabia he’s
been the boss’s ... -eyed boy.
      15. Don’t mention the present government in front of my father;
it’s like a ... rag to a bull.
      16. I was ... with envy when my neighbour drove up in a brand-
new Jaguar.


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