Happy Valentine’s Day! Red Idioms

Posted on Feb 14 2016 - 1:23pm by PopESL

Happy Valentine’s Day! <3 How are you celebrating? Red can be a color associated with anger but it’s also the color of love.

So let’s celebrate love today by practicing red color idioms. Match the definition with each of these phrases:

red hot

paint the town red

red handed

red flag

red tape

Refers to complicated progress or bureaucracy that stops things from getting done.
Very exciting or successful.
To describe when a person is discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal.
To go for an enjoyable night out.
A warning sign. A signal that something is dangerous or not right.

 

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