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specifically at colorful descriptions
describing people using colors kind of
like idioms let's have a look shall we
number one red faced if you are red
faced then it means you are embarrassed
so when something really embarrassing
happens like you fall over and everybody
sees your knickers because your skirt
goes up over your head that would be
really embarrassing and you would go red
in the face you would blush and
therefore we would describe you as being
red faced number two black and blue if
you are black and blue then you are
covered in bruises so imagine you get
into a fight and you don't come off very
well then you might say to your friends
oh dear
I'm black and blue all over and covered
in bruises
number three black sheep if you are
described as being the black sheep of
the family then you are the odd person
in the family the person who doesn't
quite fit in with the rest of the family
perhaps the rest of the family are a
little bit embarrassed about that person
so the black sheep of the family
the person who doesn't fit in number
four to be green with envy
if you describe someone as being green
with envy then it means they are jealous
they are jealous and envious we all know
the kinds of people they just don't like
other people because they think
better than them and so they are green
with envy and so you could say Jennifer
was green with envy because Alison won
the trophy
Jennifer was green with envy because
Alison won the trophy
number five blue if you describe someone
as blue then it means they are sad they
are feeling depressed and down so I
could say to you
I really don't want to come out tonight
so I'm feeling a bit blue and then
hopefully you'll come and cheer me up
instead number six
to be tickled pink if you are tickled
pink then it means that you find
something really really funny so I could
say that that person that makes me laugh
all the time
they just tickle me pink tickled me pink
and I guess we use it because when you
laugh so much you go red in the face so
you are tickled pink number seven to be
white as a ghost
if you are white as a ghost it's
normally because you've been shocked but
generally it just means that you look
pale in the face and all the blood
drained from your face perhaps because
you're shocked or you're scared or maybe
you're not feeling very well but if
someone describes you as white as a
ghost
it means that you look very pale in the
face you don't look very well maybe you
need to sit down you look as white as a
ghost number eight to be green-fingered
or green thumbed if you have a green
thumb or a green finger it means that
you are very good with plants you are
very good in the garden you can make
things grow and you don't kill all the
plants like I do I'm definitely not
green-fingered so tell me in the
comments box below are you green
fingered number nine off color if you
are off color this means that you are
not feeling very well
so I might have to phone work and say
I'm terribly sorry I can't come in today
I'm feeling a bit off-color I'm feeling
a bit unwell and finally number 10 to be
in the dark if you are kept in the dark
or you are in the dark it means you do
not know something so imagine that we
all know the outcome of our exams but
there's one person who hasn't yet found
out that they failed their exam they
haven't been given the results but we
all know we could say that person is
still in the dark about their exam
results so there you go ten colourful
ways to describe a person and hopefully
that person is showing you their true
colors a little bonus for you to show
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