Animals
| A bull in the china shop | An unskilled person |
| A cock and bull story | False story |
| A scapegoat | To make someone take the blame of others |
| A sitting duck | An easy prey |
| A snake in the grass | Hidden enemy |
| A stalking horse | Someone’s hidden intentions |
| A wolf in sheep’s clothing | A person that appears harmless but is actually dangerous |
| Back the wrong horse | Endorse the weak & wrong person |
| Bell the cat | Take step on own risk |
| Black ox | Misfortune |
| Black sheep | Disgraceful person |
| Cat among the pigeons | Reason of fear |
| Cat and dog life | Life full of strife |
| Cock a snook | Show impudent contempt |
| Cry wolf | Give a false alarm |
| Dark horse | Unexpected winner |
| Dog days | Miserable life |
| Dog eat dog | Viciously competitive |
| Dog in the manager | Selfish person |
| Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth | Don’t be ungrateful when you receive a gift |
| Donkey’s year | After long time |
| Every dog has its day | Good day comes sooner or after |
| Feather in one’s cap | Additional success |
| Feather in one’s nest | To enrich oneself by taking advantage of one’s position |
| Flogging a dead horse | To waste one’s energy |
| Fly in the face of | To be resist |
| From the horse’s mouth | From a reliable source, one the best authority |
| Gone to the dogs | Completely destroyed |
| Have other fish to fry | To have more important things to do ro attend to |
| Keept the wolf away from the door | Maintain oneself at a minimal level |
| Lap dog | Feather others for profit |
| Let sleeping dogs lie | Do not instigate trouble |
| Let the cat out of the bag | Revel mystery / demystry |
| Like a cat on hot bricks | Restless, unable to remain still due to nervousness |
| Lion’s share | Large part of share |
| Put all eggs in one basket | Put in danger |
| Put the cart before the horse | To do things in wrong order |
| Raining cats and dogs | Raining heavily |
| Rat race | Intense competition for success |
| Rule the roost | To be the boss |
| Sacred cow | Honorable |
| Small fry | Insignificant person |
| Smell a rat | Institution something wrong |
| Take the bull by horns | To face danger courageously |
| Take under wings | Provide shelter |
| Until the cows come home | For a very long time |
| Wangle over an ass shadow | To argue over trivial matters |
Colour
| Be in the limelight | To be the centre of attention |
| Between the devil and the deep blue sea | Facing two eauality unpleasant, dangerous situation |
| Bite your lip | Hesitate to express negative expression |
| Black and white | In writing |
| Black and thunder | Extreme anger |
| Black hand | Society in offensive circumstance |
| Black hearted | Cruel |
| Black look | Full of gate and anger |
| Black sheep | Reason of shame for family |
| Blacklisted | Restricted |
| Blue blood | Royal, descent |
| Blue collar workers | Unskilled worker |
| Blue murder | Critical situation |
| Blue of the blue | Higher prize in competition |
| Blue stocking | Lady who takes interest in literacry work |
| Blue eyed boy | Favorite person |
| Bolt from the blue | Unexpected and sudden misfortune |
| Brown study | State of day dreaming |
| Catch red handed | Arrest person doing offence |
| Dark future | Future in danger |
| Feeling blue | Feel sad |
| Frey area | Anbiguity |
| Green fingers | One who like gardening |
| Green horn | inexperience / gullible |
| Green thumb | Extra ordinary virtue of gardening |
| Green with envy | Very envious |
| Green eyed blue | Jealous / very envious |
| Grey market | illegal commerce |
| Grey matter | Wisdom |
| Have green eyes | Be jealous |
| In the black | in a financially profitable condition |
| In the pink | To be happy and healthy |
| In the red | In the debt |
| Lily white | Innocent |
| Once in a blue moon | Occassionally |
| Out of the blue | Unexpected |
| Paint the town red | Extreme enjoyment |
| Purple heart | Bravery |
| Red bait | To criticise |
| Red carpet | Royal welcome |
| Red herring | Divert from the main issue |
| Red letter day | A glorious day |
| Red rag to a bull | To provoke for a violent reaction |
| Red tape | Bureaucratic rule / Too much of official formalities |
| Sail under false colors | False identification |
| See red | Be angry |
| Show the white feather | To show cowardice |
| Talk a blue streak | Continuously fask talk |
| The grass is greener on the other side | Things always seem better in another place |
| To be green | Undeveloped |
| To beat black and blue | Beating mercilessly |
| To get green light | Get permission |
| To look through rose | From hopeful opinion |
| True blue | Loyal person |
| White collar workers | skilled labor |
| White elephant | Expensive but of no use |
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