green belt

give someone/ get the green light

be/ go/ turn/ make someone green with envy

have a green thumb

green about the gills

the green-eyed monster

a grey area

grey matter

men in grey suits

be in the pink

see pink elephants

be tickled pink

brownie points

turn/ go/ be as red as a beet

be in the red

catch somebody red-handed

roll out/ put down/ lay out the red carpet

a red herring

a red letter day

red tape

see red

paint the town red

yellow streak

grow grey-haired

Exercise 1: Collocation: Match these colors with their appropriate noun combination.

Pink

Green

Grey

Red

Yellow

Carpet

Matter

Elephant

Streak

Thumb

Exercise 2: Fill in these sentences with the above expressions:

They rolled out the _____________ for two special guests.

This is a complicated problem. You need to use your ______________

If you want any gardening tips, you need to ask John. He has a _______________. All the tomatoes he has grrown are big, red and juicy.

John saw ________________ again last night. He kept calling his exgirlfriend’s name last night instead of mine.

He really showed his ______________ when confronted by an elephant. He wetted his pants and ran for his dear life.

Exercise 3: Decide if these sentences are True , False or Not Given

Jill’s father and Jack hit it off from the beginning.

Jack met Jill outside of the city.

Jill was a beautiful girl.

Jack did many illegal acts to please Jill’s father.

Jack and Jill had a very big celebration the day when he proposed to her.