"Цветные" идиомы

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Широко используемые идиомы «с цветом».

Out of the blue = something that happened unexpectedly

Как гром среди ясного неба, совершенно неожиданно, вдруг ни с того ни с сего

Out of the blue, he asked me to come with him to Europe.

In the red = to owe money, to not have money

Быть в долгах, в минусе

Sorry, I can't afford it, I'm in the red.

Give someone the green light = to give permission

Давать зеленый свет

I was given the green light to start this new project.

A white lie = a lie that is told in order to be polite or to stop someone from being upset by the truth

Ложь во благо, невинная ложь

You told a white lie when you said she was cute.

Green with envy = to be very jealous/envious

Позеленевший от зависти

I was green with envy when I saw his splendid new car.