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Vocabulary
IDIOMS WITH COLOURS

WHITE

  • a white-collar worker = non-manual worker. (The opposite is a blue-collar worker)
  • as white as a sheet = very pale, as a result of fear or shock.
    She went as white as a sheet when I told her the news.
  • as white as snow = very white.
    That old man had his hair as white as snow.
  • a white lie = harmless or trivial lie.Story
  • a white elephant = possession that is useless and often expensive to maintain.

 

Exercise
Choose the right answer.

1. I'm sorry, what I told you was  . Please forgive me, but I had to invent something!

2. Are you OK? You are .

3. Peter works in an office, he's .

4. After painting the walls, I can assure you that they look .

5. I told him a thousand times to get rid of that expensive car that he doesn't even use. He doesn't realize that it's .

Score:
   
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