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• black and blue
  (быть) в синяках

  I bruised my arm and it was black and blue for a long time.
• chase rainbows
  пытаться достичь недостижимого

  "If you don't stop chasing rainbows, you won't achieve anything."
• blue in the face
  (спорить) до посинения, до изнеможения

  Adam argued with his wife till he was blue in the face, but she didn't give in.
• red flag
  сигнал, предупреждающий об опасности

  The driver stopped the car and raised a red flag before he started to change a mag wheel.
• tickled pink
  быть очень довольным

  Bobby was tickled pink with his new bike.
• green with envy
  завистливый (человек), позеленеть от зависти

  The little boy became green with envy when he saw his friend's new roller-skates.
• out of the blue
  неожиданно

  Eva hadn't expected that Jack would propose marriage; it came out of the blue.
• 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.
• green-eyed monster
  ревность

  "I don't want you to be consumed by the green-eyed monster; it will strongly affect your life."
• as black as coal
  чёрный как смоль

  The man had a dark complexion, and his hair was as black as coal.
• as white as a sheet
  бледный как полотно

  When they told Pauline about the accident, she became as white as a sheet.
• 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.
• see pink elephants
  воображать, придумывать что-либо не существующее

  I didn't believe Dina's story; I think she was seeing pink elephants.
• as black as a skillet
  очень чёрный (как сковорода)

  Alan's hands were as black as a skillet when he finished repairing his car.
• 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.
• black market
  чёрный рынок

  We bought a few things at the black market.
• see red
  прийти в бешенство, быть ослеплённым яростью

  "What did you mean when you spoke of the man seeing red?"
• 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.
• green around the gills
  неважно выглядеть, выглядеть больным

  Sabina looked green around the gills after the long flight to Chicago.
• as black as night
  черный как ночь"

  The old house was as black as night when we entered it.
• red-letter day
  праздник, памятный день, "красный день календаря"

  It was a red-letter day for Richard as nobody bothered him that day.
• catch (someone) red-handed
  быть захваченным с поличным

  The shop assistant caught a customer red-handed when she was stealing some clothes.
• as black as the ace of spades
  очень чёрный (как негр)

  When she returned from the beach, she was as black as the ace of spades.
• black and white
  видеть что-либо только в чёрно-белым свете

  My friend Melanie sees everything only in black and white.
• talk until one is blue in the face
  говорить до посинения

  I could have talked until I was blue in the face, but he wouldn't listen to reason.
• red-carpet treatment
  обращаться по-королевски

  I want to give a red-carpet treatment to my friends when they come to visit me.
• blue-ribbon
  знак отличия

  The blue-ribbon of the Atlantic is held by the liner that has the record for the fastest crossing.
• blackout
  временная задержка информации, засекреченность

  The police decided to have a blackout regarding the information related to the investigation of the murder.
• black out
  сделать затемнение

  I drew the curtains to black out the bedroom so that the rays of the sun wouldn't wake me up.
• white lie
  ложь во спасенье, безобидная ложь

  I didn't want to go out with Arthur, so I told him a white lie about being very busy.
• black eye
  синяк под глазом

  When the boys appeared in the room, one of them had a black eye and the other a cut lip; they had been fighting.
• 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.
• green belt
  зелёная зона (вокруг города)

  Unfortunately there is no green belt around our city.
• show one's true colors
  предстать в своём настоящем виде

  The young woman showed her true colors; I had never seen a more outrageous person!
• as red as a cherry
  ярко-красный (как вишня)

  Sara wore bright red sandals and her dress was as red as a cherry.