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• get/have the green light
  получить добро, получить зелёный свет

  They got the green light to begin working at their project.
• grass is always greener on the other side
  нам кажется, что то чего у нас нет, лучше того, что у нас есть

  "Don't quit your present job; don't think that grass is always greener on the other side."
• gray matter
  мозг, серое вещество

  The detective used his gray matter and effectively solved the murder of an old woman.
• green
  неопытный незрелый человек, "салага"

  "I want you to instruct this new worker; he is green and he doesn't know his job yet."
• green around the gills
  неважно выглядеть, выглядеть больным

  Sabina looked green around the gills after the long flight to Chicago.
• green belt
  зелёная зона (вокруг города)

  Unfortunately there is no green belt around our city.
• green thumb
  опытный\ умелый овощевод

  My Grandfather told me that I have a green thumb.
• green with envy
  завистливый (человек), позеленеть от зависти

  The little boy became green with envy when he saw his friend's new roller-skates.
• green-eyed monster
  ревность

  "I don't want you to be consumed by the green-eyed monster; it will strongly affect your life."
• greenhorn
  зелёный юнец, молокосос

  Albert is still a greenhorn and he has much to learn about his job.
• have a yellow streak
  быть трусливым

  The young man looks strong and healthy, but has a yellow streak and I don't advise you to rely on him.
• in (someone's) black books
  быть в немилости у кого-либо

  Mr. Blackberry has been in his wife's black books since he started to come home late.
• in the pink (of condition)
  в расцвете сил, в превосходном состоянии

  Fred was in the pink and was doing quite well.
• lend color to (something)
  добавить колоритное сопровождение к чему-либо

  Beautiful music helped to lend color to the performance.
• like waving a red flag in front of a bull
  злить или раздражать кого-либо

  Talking about our neighbor with my mother is like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
• local color
  местный колорит

  The small monastery added some local color to our town.
• look at/see the world through rose-colored glasses
  смотреть на мир сквозь розовые очки

  John is too optimistic and he always looks at the world through rose-colored glasses.
• off-color
  нездоровый вид, непристойная шутка, не совсем тот цвет

  Tom finds delight in telling off-color jokes.
• out of the blue
  неожиданно

  Eva hadn't expected that Jack would propose marriage; it came out of the blue.
• out of the red
  вылезти из долгов

  I am happy that my small company is out of the red at last.
• paint the town red
  устроить весёлую вечеринку, предаваться шумному веселью

  Jimmy didn't work, spent a lot of money and painted the town red. It was all quite normal.
• pink slip
  уведомление об увольнении

  Jimmy has just received a pink slip, and it has greatly upset him.
• pitch-black
  очень темно, "хоть глаз выколи"

  All the shutters were closed, and it was pitch-black in the room.
• pot calling the kettle black
  кто бы говорил, а ты бы помалкивал (оба хороши)

  "You were as good a son as I was a brother. It's like the pot calling the kettle black."
• put (something) down in black and white
  записать что-либо чёрным по белому

  They told me to put the agreement down in black and white.
• raise/wave a white flag
  сдаться, выкинуть белый флаг

  During the discussion I understood that I would have to raise a white flag and give up arguing.
• red flag
  сигнал, предупреждающий об опасности

  The driver stopped the car and raised a red flag before he started to change a mag wheel.
• red herring
  отвлекающий манёвр, что-либо сбивающее со следа

  The military maneuvers are a red herring, and they are not related to the matters of peace in this area.
• red in the face
  смутиться, покраснеть

  Zeta was red in the face after I had disclosed all her lies.
• red-carpet treatment
  обращаться по-королевски

  I want to give a red-carpet treatment to my friends when they come to visit me.
• red-eye
  ночной рейс, прибывающий рано утром

  They had to take a red-eye flight to be able to get to London on the appointed day.
• red-hot
  имеющий большой спрос

  Thanks to the advertising the new book has become red-hot and many people want to buy it.
• red-letter day
  праздник, памятный день, "красный день календаря"

  It was a red-letter day for Richard as nobody bothered him that day.
• roll out the red carpet
  встречать важного гостя

  They rolled out the red carpet when the US President came for a visit.
• sail under false colors
  скрыть своё настоящее имя, "плыть под чужим флагом"

  Hudson had the wisdom to sail under false colors in that foolish jaunt of his.