Colour and Weather Idioms

under the weather
rain on someone's parade

every cloud has a silver lining
head in the clouds
storm in a teacup
get wind of something
it never rains but it pours

under a cloud
hot under the collar
blow hot and cold
make heavy weather of something
any port in a storm
Weather Idioms
1.
I only touched his new car and he went crazy. He is over-protective of it and made a real
_____________.
2. He has been _____________ ever since he was caught cheating in the exam. Everyone looks
at him strangely and it will take him a long time before he is trusted again.
3. If you are feeling a bit _____________, go and have a walk around the block, get some fresh
air and try and calm down a bit.
4. Are you feeling a bit _____________? You have been looking a bit tired and ill since you
arrived in the office this morning.
5. First the bank sent us that rude letter about our loan, then the house got broken into to, then
this morning John lost his job! _____________.
6. I can never tell what mood she is going to be in. She always _____________ and you have to
be really careful around her.
7. When I lost my job three years ago, I felt so depressed but it is true that _____________: I
started my own business and have been happier ever since.
8. We have hardly any money. You will have to accept any job they offer you because we need to
money desperately. We have to accept _____________.
9. Your uncle was so happy about his new model car that he had finished but his wife turned
round and really _____________ saying it was just a toy for kids.
10. It was only five miles to the next hostel but we _____________ of it due to the weight of the
packs and took nearly three hours to get there.
11. I never knew about the chance of a new job at all. I only _____________ from Kathy who
had overheard the managers talking at lunch in the staff canteen.
12. Daisy always _____________ - a real dreamer who finds it difficult to accept the mundane in
life. She is a typical teenager!
Color Idioms
see red
green with envy
rose colored spectacles
tickled pink
black sheep of the family
caught red handed
blue-eyed boy
browned of
out of the blue
in the red
get the green light
have green fingers
black market
white lie
1. We had been getting along fine for years, then _____________ she tells me she wants a
divorce. I have never been so surprised in all my life.
2. I cannot afford to go on that holiday anymore. My bank account is _____________ and my
bank manager isn't the most flexible of people.
3. Police have found the town's infamous statue vandal. He was _____________ spraying paint
on the statue of the town founder, Marshall Higgins, at about 2am last night.
4. Howard is always considered the _____________ but he has never actually done much wrong.
I think his sister is worse!
5. I, on the other hand, have always been considered the _____________ and my mother thinks I
can't do wrong!
6. When the man continued to smoke in the restaurant which is very much non-smoking, I
_____________ and said something to him. He stopped immediately!
7. If you tell your father that you got the money off a friend, it's not being very dishonest, is it? It
would just be a _____________.
8. We got five numbers on the lottery last night and won $5000! Wayne is absolutely
_____________, saying we can get the new car now instead of waiting for next year.
9. We told our neighbours about it this morning and I think they were a bit jealous. Mrs. Riley, in
particular, was _____________!
10. When we arrived at this house, it was a jungle in the garden but Peter has always
_____________ and had it looking like the gardens of a palace within six months.
11. The final details of the proposal have been worked out and we just need _____________
from the bank before we can begin.
12. It rained for the whole week and we were stuck in our cabin the whole time doing
crosswords! I was really _____________!
13. The reason she fails to plan for the worst case scenario is that she has always been too
optimistic and never sees the possibility of the negative happening through those
_____________ she wears.
14. The normal price for a ticket for the championship final is about $50 but they are selling for
more than $400 on the _____________.

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under the weather

rain on someone's parade

it never rains but it pours

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