"Öâåòíûå" èäèîìû: white night - íî÷ü áåç ñíà He was hardly able to work after a few white nights. ...

"Öâåòíûå" èäèîìû:

white night - íî÷ü áåç ñíà
He was hardly able to work after a few white nights.

look blue - èìåòü óíûëûé âèä
Do you not why he look blue?

to sail under false colours - îáìàíûâàòü, ëèöåìåðèòü
Although he assured us of his support but he actually sailed under false colours.

once in a blue moon - î÷åíü ðåäêî
Once in a blue moon we decided to go on vacation abroad but his leave was cancelled.

out of the blue - ñîâåðøåííî íåîæèäàííî, êàê ãðîì ñðåäè ÿñíîãî íåáà
He lost his job out of the blue.

to look through blue glasses - ñìîòðåòü ìðà÷íî, ïåññèìèñòè÷åñêè
Her mother looked through blue glasses at her career.

green hand - íîâè÷îê, íåîïûòíûé ÷åëîâåê
It is not a job to be handled by a green hand.

catch (someone) red-handed - ïîéìàòü (êîãî-òî) ñ ïîëè÷íûì
The children were caught red-handed in the garden trying to steal apples.

white elephant - áåñïîëåçíîå ïðèîáðåòåíèå
The new bookkeeping program was a white elephant and nobody wanted to us.