COLOUR IDIOMS - PART - 1

COLOUR IDIOMS - PART -  I 

1. Blackout

This means to, either darken by putting out or dimming the lights or to lose consciousness.

·         We had a huge blackout here last night, the whole town was out of power for about 7 hours!

·         After continuous work, Maran became blackout. 

2. Green belt

An area of fields and trees around a town

·        Our city has a policy of increasing the green belt around it.

·        Mettupalayam is a green belt area.

3. Catch someone red-handed

To catch someone in the act of committing a crime, or doing something wrong that they shouldn’t be doing.

·         He kept lying to me about where he was going in the evenings, so yesterday I followed him and caught him red-handed. He was with another woman!

·         The police caught the red-handed during the bank robbery.

4. White elephant

A term used for a useless possession, something that is of no use.

·         My mum bought a new PC game for me, but it’s a white elephant. 

·         Traveling in flight is a white elephant. 

 

5. White-collar
A term used for office workers that traditionally wear white shirts with a collar.

·         We have a lot of vacancies for white-collar workers at the moment, but hardly anyone is applying for them!

·         Teaching profession is considered as a white-collar job.  

Author:
N.Shanmugan
Assistant Professor of English
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science
Coimbatore - 641 020.