!?Do You Have Green Fingers

زمردة · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:30 pm

Hello every Arteeny!

Do you have green fingers? Oh yeah I mean it
Actually,there are lots of colour idioms in English and they have different meanings. In this topic we are going to collect these idioms so we'll learn new special idioms and have fun!
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To have green fingers means that you are good at gardening. This expression is used in British English and they say in American English :have a green thumb

White elephant: If you describe sth as a white elephant, you mean that is a waste of money and completely useless

Pink slip : a notice from an employer that a recipient's employment is being terminated

green-eyed monster Jealousy, as in Bella knew that her husband sometimes succumbed to the green-eyed monster. This expression was coined by Shakespeare in Othello (3:3), where Iago says: "O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." It is thought to allude to cats, often green-eyed, who tease their prey.

Feeling blue: If you feel blue, then you are feeling unwell, mainly associated with depression or unhappiness.

A red letter day: you refer to a day as a red letter day when sth very important or exciting happens then

With flying colours: If you pass something with flying colors, you pass it easily, with a very high mark or grade.

Who'll provide us with a new colour idiom and its meaning now?
*ورود

Hiba.Sh · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:48 pm

عبير,

so0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o Nice...

I like your topic sweety *ورود

white elephant: it means a gift or sth which is expenssive and useless :mrgreen:

thank you عبير, for your help *ورود

I think I will visit this topic everyday... :mrgreen:

Hiba.Sh · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:50 pm

Pink slip : If someone receives a pink slip, they receive a letter telling them they have lost their job.
:mrgreen:

عبير,

Naim Kishi · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:56 am

Good choice
*good

here we go *Hi

green-eyed monster Jealousy, as in Bella knew that her husband sometimes succumbed to the green-eyed monster. This expression was coined by Shakespeare in Othello (3:3), where Iago says: "O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." It is thought to allude to cats, often green-eyed, who tease their prey.

Odysseus · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:43 am

It is a nice topic Abeer, thank you. *ورود

Mine:

Feeling blue: If you feel blue, then you are feeling unwell, mainly associated with depression or unhappiness.

I am feeling blue right now . . !

زمردة · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:36 am

Hiba.Sh,
You are the most welcome honey

Naim Kishi, Odysseus,
Welcome here *Hi

Thank you all for providing us new idioms *ورود

I'll add the new ones with their explanation to the first comment constantly :wink:

Here is the new idiom for today:
A red letter day: you refer to a day as a red letter day when sth very important or exciting happens then
For example,the day in which I was born was a red letter day for my parents :mrgreen:

سنا · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:52 pm

i'm not in the blue: you are not decieving me :mrgreen:

nice topic, once i get any new colour, i'll post it directly. *Hi

Odysseus · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:24 am

I have new one, and it is nice. It is NOT about a particular colour but about colors in general. :mrgreen:

With flying colours: If you pass something with flying colors, you pass it easily, with a very high mark or grade.
Example: I passed all my subjects in the third year with flying colours except translation5; it was just 50 :cry:

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سنا · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:37 am

Quote:

With flying colours

I like it

thanks

زمردة · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:47 pm

سنا,
Welcome Sana

Quote:

i'm not in the blue: you are not decieving me

It is the first time I hear about this idiom .I tried to look it up in the dictionary but I did not find it dear

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