C1 COLOUR IDIOMS GAME 1 (introductory game)

My oldest brother was the ______________ sheep in our family. He dropped out of school when he was sixteen.

"He never worked a day in his life because he was born with a ______________ spoon in his mouth". (born into great wealth and privilege)

There's so much _________ tape in opening up a restaurant that we decided to ditch the plan in the end.

She loves gardening and definitely has ______________ fingers.

She told me, out of the ___________, that she was going to live in Belgium.

Sometimes it's better to tell a ___________________ lie than to hurt someone's feelings.

The new law is just a _____________ herring meant to draw our attention away from the issues regarding education.

There is a ____________ area regarding the new law; it's not as transparent as we may think.

We only go out for dinner once in a ____________ moon.

The kids were tickled ______________to see you on TV! (=be very pleased or amused)

Items like bread, milk and meat could only be obtained on the _____________ market during the war.

Capital punishment is not a _____________ and _______________ issue. It's much more complex than that.

The stadium is likely to become a _____________ elephant after the championships are over.

My grandsparents always roll out the __________ carpet when I visit them

"That job offer in Tokyo was a ______________ opportunity to learn a new culture" (=highly favourable)

The new rules should help cut the ______________ tape for farmers. (bureaucracy

I was pretty _____________ then; I had a lot of things to learn. (= inexperienced)

"The _______________-bellied thief ran away when the alarm sounded" (cowards)