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• as black as a skillet
  очень чёрный (как сковорода)

  Alan's hands were as black as a skillet when he finished repairing his car.
• as black as a stack of black cats
  очень чёрный (как множество чёрных кошек)

  Tina's dress was as black as a stack of black cats.
• as black as a sweep
  очень грязный (как трубочист)

  "Look! You are as black as a sweep! What have you done to your face and hands?"
• as black as coal
  чёрный как смоль

  The man had a dark complexion, and his hair was as black as coal.
• as black as night
  черный как ночь"

  The old house was as black as night when we entered it.
• as black as pitch
  тёмный как ночь

  Approaching the house, we saw that it was as black as night.
• as black as the ace of spades
  очень чёрный (как негр)

  When she returned from the beach, she was as black as the ace of spades.
• as red as a cherry
  ярко-красный (как вишня)

  Sara wore bright red sandals and her dress was as red as a cherry.
• as red as a poppy
  ярко-красный (как мак)

  I fell down the stairs, and the mark on my knee was as red as a poppy.
• as red as a rose
  красный как роза (интенсивный красный)

  The man's nose was as red as a rose from intensive drinking.
• as red as a ruby
  красный (рубиновый оттенок)

  Marion likes deep red and her lips are usually as red as a ruby.
• as red as blood
  красный как кровь

  I spilled red ink on the table and the stain was as red as blood.
• as white as a ghost
  бледный как смерть (как призрак)

  Pam looked as white as a ghost after her illness.
• as white as a sheet
  бледный как полотно

  When they told Pauline about the accident, she became as white as a sheet.
• as white as the driven snow
  белый как снег

  The sheets on the bed were as white as the driven snow.
• black and blue
  (быть) в синяках

  I bruised my arm and it was black and blue for a long time.
• black and white
  видеть что-либо только в чёрно-белым свете

  My friend Melanie sees everything only in black and white.
• black box
  чёрный ящик

  After the airplane crash the investigators tried to find the black box of the airplane.
• black eye
  синяк под глазом

  When the boys appeared in the room, one of them had a black eye and the other a cut lip; they had been fighting.
• black market
  чёрный рынок

  We bought a few things at the black market.
• black out
  сделать затемнение

  I drew the curtains to black out the bedroom so that the rays of the sun wouldn't wake me up.
• black-tie event/affair
  официальное (формальное) мероприятие

  The Nobel Prize award ceremony was a black-tie affair.
• blackball (someone)
  подвергать остракизму, отвергать кого-либо

  The children blackballed one of the boys because he told on them.
• blacklist (someone)
  вносить кого-либо в чёрный список

  The football team was blacklisted because it didn't obey the rules.
• blackmail (someone)
  шантажировать кого-либо

  The police found the man who had been blackmailing a prosperous businessman.
• blackout
  временная задержка информации, засекреченность

  The police decided to have a blackout regarding the information related to the investigation of the murder.
• blue in the face
  (спорить) до посинения, до изнеможения

  Adam argued with his wife till he was blue in the face, but she didn't give in.
• blue-ribbon
  знак отличия

  The blue-ribbon of the Atlantic is held by the liner that has the record for the fastest crossing.
• brown bag it
  брать обед с собой на работу

  I had to brown bag it every day of the week because there is no cafeteria in our office building.
• carte blanche
  карт-бланш (свобода или разрешение делать что-либо)

  Steve wanted to be given carte blanche to change the policies in his department.
• catch (someone) red-handed
  быть захваченным с поличным

  The shop assistant caught a customer red-handed when she was stealing some clothes.
• chase rainbows
  пытаться достичь недостижимого

  "If you don't stop chasing rainbows, you won't achieve anything."
• dyed-in-the-wool
  стопроцентный, закоренелый

  My cousin Helen is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, and I don't think she will ever change.
• ears are red
  смутиться (уши покраснели от смущения)

  I saw that Gina was embarrassed because her ears were red.
• get/have gray hair
  поседеть

  Ms. Pottly is constantly worried about her son; she is getting gray hair from all the stress.