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• as red as a rose
  красный как роза (интенсивный красный)

  The man's nose was as red as a rose from intensive drinking.
• black box
  чёрный ящик

  After the airplane crash the investigators tried to find the black box of the airplane.
• as black as pitch
  тёмный как ночь

  Approaching the house, we saw that it was as black as night.
• off-color
  нездоровый вид, непристойная шутка, не совсем тот цвет

  Tom finds delight in telling off-color jokes.
• 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?"
• put (something) down in black and white
  записать что-либо чёрным по белому

  They told me to put the agreement down in black and white.
• talk a blue streak
  говорить без умолку

  The women who sat behind me talked a blue streak, and I couldn't hear the film very well.
• green
  неопытный незрелый человек, "салага"

  "I want you to instruct this new worker; he is green and he doesn't know his job yet."
• pitch-black
  очень темно, "хоть глаз выколи"

  All the shutters were closed, and it was pitch-black in the room.
• 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.
• 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.
• roll out the red carpet
  встречать важного гостя

  They rolled out the red carpet when the US President came for a visit.
• as white as a ghost
  бледный как смерть (как призрак)

  Pam looked as white as a ghost after her illness.
• sail under false colors
  скрыть своё настоящее имя, "плыть под чужим флагом"

  Hudson had the wisdom to sail under false colors in that foolish jaunt of his.
• ears are red
  смутиться (уши покраснели от смущения)

  I saw that Gina was embarrassed because her ears were red.
• pot calling the kettle black
  кто бы говорил, а ты бы помалкивал (оба хороши)

  "You were as good a son as I was a brother. It's like the pot calling the kettle black."
• 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.
• in the pink (of condition)
  в расцвете сил, в превосходном состоянии

  Fred was in the pink and was doing quite well.
• red in the face
  смутиться, покраснеть

  Zeta was red in the face after I had disclosed all her lies.
• gray matter
  мозг, серое вещество

  The detective used his gray matter and effectively solved the murder of an old woman.
• red-hot
  имеющий большой спрос

  Thanks to the advertising the new book has become red-hot and many people want to buy it.
• out of the red
  вылезти из долгов

  I am happy that my small company is out of the red at last.
• grass is always greener on the other side
  нам кажется, что то чего у нас нет, лучше того, что у нас есть

  "Don't quit your present job; don't think that grass is always greener on the other side."
• black-tie event/affair
  официальное (формальное) мероприятие

  The Nobel Prize award ceremony was a black-tie affair.
• as red as blood
  красный как кровь

  I spilled red ink on the table and the stain was as red as blood.
• pink slip
  уведомление об увольнении

  Jimmy has just received a pink slip, and it has greatly upset him.
• with flying colors
  с огромным успехом

  Victor was able to finish the race with flying colors.
• raise/wave a white flag
  сдаться, выкинуть белый флаг

  During the discussion I understood that I would have to raise a white flag and give up arguing.
• carte blanche
  карт-бланш (свобода или разрешение делать что-либо)

  Steve wanted to be given carte blanche to change the policies in his department.
• see the color of (someone's) money
  убедиться в наличии денег у кого-либо

  "Let me see the color of your money first," the salesperson told the boy.
• as red as a ruby
  красный (рубиновый оттенок)

  Marion likes deep red and her lips are usually as red as a ruby.
• as white as the driven snow
  белый как снег

  The sheets on the bed were as white as the driven snow.
• blackball (someone)
  подвергать остракизму, отвергать кого-либо

  The children blackballed one of the boys because he told on them.
• get/have the green light
  получить добро, получить зелёный свет

  They got the green light to begin working at their project.
• like waving a red flag in front of a bull
  злить или раздражать кого-либо

  Talking about our neighbor with my mother is like waving a red flag in front of a bull.