COLOR EXPRESSIONS

WHITE COLOR IDIOMS

White in British culture is traditionally associated with purity and innocence. See if you can work out the meaning of the following white colour idioms word for word. Then check your understanding by reading examples of how they are used in context. Finally, check again against the explanations given.

1. go as white as a sheet
2. white coffeea
3. white-collar worker
4. tell a white lie
5. whiter than white
   

Examples:

1. The news must've been bad. She went as white as a sheet when she read the telegram.
2. Do you want white or black coffee? - White please. Well, dark brown, actually - just a dash of milk.
3. He hopes to get a white-collar job, though, with his level of education, he'll be lucky to get a blue-collar one.
4. It's OK to tell a white lie. It doesn't do any harm and it nearly always does some good.
5. She's whiter than white - the image of perfection. In her entire life she has never put a foot wrong.
   
   - go as white as a sheet: become extremely pale in the face
   
   - white coffee: coffee with milk (note: not white tea; instead: tea with milk)
   
   - white-collar worker: an office worker (note blue-collar = factory or physical work)
   
   - tell a white lie: telling a lie to avoid making someone upset

- whiter than white: someone who is totally fair and honest

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EYES IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. to view with a jaundiced eye: Nhìn bằng con mắt ghen tức
2. to have a good eye for: đánh giá cao, coi trọng
3. to have one's eye on; to keep an eye on: để ý, theo dõi
4. to open one's eyes: đã sáng mắt ra
5. an eye for an eye: ăn miếng trả miếng
6. to be all eyes: nhìn chằm chằm
7. to be up to the eyes in (work / debt) công việc ngập đầu; nợ nần ngập đầu
8. to cast sheep's eyes liếc mắt đưa tình9.
9. to catch the speaker's eye được người đang nói chú ý (giơ tay phát biểu)
10. to clap (set) one's eyes on nhìn
11. eyes front! nhìn đằng trước thẳng
12. eyes left! nhìn bên trái
13. eyes right! nhìn bên phải
14. the eye of day mặt trời
15. to give an eye to someone theo dõi ai; trông nôm ai
16. to give the glad eye to somebody nhìn ai âu yếm
17. to have an eye for có con mắt tinh đời, tinh tế
18. to have an eye to something lấy cái gì làm mục đích
19. to have an eye to everything chú ý từng li từng tí
20. to have eyes in the back of one's head tinh mắt
21. to have one's eyes well in at shooting mắt tinh bắn giỏi
22. his eyes are bigger than his belly no bụng, đói con mắt
23. if you had half an eye nếu anh không mù, (không đần độn)
24. in the eyes of theo đánh giá của …
25. in the eye of the law về mặt pháp lý
26. in the eye of the wind ngược gió
27. in the mind's eye trong trí tưởng tượng
28. to lose an eye mù một mắt
29. to make eyes liếc mắt đưa tình
30. to make someone open his eyes: làm ai trố mắt nhìn
31. my eye(s): ồ lạ nhỉ
32. naked eye: người trần mắt thịt
33. to see eye to eye with somebody: đồng ý với ai
34. to see with half an eye: trông thấy ngay
35. to throw dust in somebody's eyes: lòe ai
36. under the eye of somebody: dưới sự giám sát của ai
37. where are your eyes?: mắt mũi để đâu
38. to wipe someone's eyes: phổng tay trên
39. with an eye to something: nhắm vào cái gì
40. to hit sb in the eye: rõ rang, hiển nhiên
41. a gleam in sb's eyes: niềm hy vọng trong suy nghĩ của ai
42. in the twinkling of an eye: trong nháy mắt
43. to keep one's eyes peeled/skinned for sth: xem xét kỹ lưỡng