white noise
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static noise
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white as a sheet
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scared, sick, surprised
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white as a ghost
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scared
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white-collar
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related to “desk jobs”
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a white flag
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surrender
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to whitewash something
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to mask the negative parts
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white wine
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wine from green or yellow grapes
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a white Christmas
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snow on Christmas day
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a white wedding
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a traditional western-style wedding where the bride wears a white gown
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a white person
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a person of Caucasian race
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white-hot
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extremely hot OR popular
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a white paper
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an authoritative report on a issue
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a white elephant
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a useless knick-knack OR an expensive, useless thing
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white as the driven snow
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innocent (often used sarcastically about corruption)
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white with rage
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extremely enraged
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to bleed someone white
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to take everything someone has, esp. money
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showing the white feather
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acting cowardly
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a white-knuckle ride
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a dangerous, nerve-wracking, scary ride
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that’s mighty white of you (old-fashioned)
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that’s good of you
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lily-white
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unmistakably Caucasian OR blameless, goodly
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white horses (surfing)
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patches of white foam made by breaking waves
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white trash (American)
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(offensive) uneducated, socio-economically disadvantaged Caucasian people
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whiter than white (British)
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righteous, innocent
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a white pointer (Australian)
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a topless female sunbather
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to blackmail someone
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to threaten to reveal secrets unless payment is made
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black magic / the black arts
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magic used for malevolent purposes
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the pot calling the kettle black
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someone criticizing someone else for a quality they themselves possess
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the black market
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illegal/underground sales and purchases
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little black book
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book of contacts, esp. past or potential dates
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a black sheep
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the outcast or disgrace in a group
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black tie
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formal clothing e.g. a tuxedo
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black humor
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jokes about death or illness
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a black day
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a day when something bad happens
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to be in black and white
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to be written down officially
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to be black and white (a situation)
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to be clear
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in the black
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profitable
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a black mood
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a bad, grumpy mood
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a black eye
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a bruised eye
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to blacklist someone
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to prevent someone from being hired
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to blackball someone
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to shut someone out from group participation
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black and blue
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bruised
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a black look
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an angry/disapproving facial expression
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as black as night
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very dark black
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pitch black
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very dark black
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a black person
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a person of African heritage
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black ops
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extralegal covert activity, done in the dark (military/politics)
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black-hearted
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cruel, evil, mean
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a black mark
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an indication of wrongdoing
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to blacken someon’es name
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to suggest/indicate a person’s wrongdoing
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the Black Death
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The Bubonic Plague
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Black Friday (U.S.)
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The day after American Thanksgiving when many stores have sales
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the black dog (Irish)
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a bad mood
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beyond the black stump (Australian)
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the back of nowhere, far from anything
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in the red
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unproftable OR negative financial balance, owing money
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a redhead
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a person with orange-colored hair
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red light district
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area with prostitutes
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to see red
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to be furious
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red with rage
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furious
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to turn/go red
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become embarassed
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a red herring
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a false clue
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to paint the town red
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to dine, dance, experience fun in a town or city
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a red flag
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a signal that something is wrong
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roll out the red carpet
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give a big welcome
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red tape
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unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy
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not one red cent
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no money at all
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a red letter day
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a special day
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a scarlet woman
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a sinful woman
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scarlet fever
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an infection with group A streptococcus bacteria.
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red-hot
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very hot OR very popular
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red card
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(soccer) to give someone their final warning
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red alert
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a serious warning of danger
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a red-blooded male
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a virile, manly male person
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like a red rag/flag to a bull
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provoking/aggravating anger
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red (adjective)
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communist
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bleed red ink (British)
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debt
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red in tooth and claw (British)
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the wild, violent aspect of the natural world
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redshirting (U.S.)
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delaying an athlete’s participation in sports order to lengthen his/her period of eligibility
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a red state (U.S.)
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a state whose residents are politically more Republican
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a redneck (U.S.)
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an uneducated, rural white American
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a red-bone (U.S.)
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a light-skinned black woman
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the red eye (U.S.)
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the overnight flight between west and east coast
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green with envy
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very envious
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the green-eyed monster
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jealousy
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to give the green light
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to give approval to proceed
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to be green (in a position)
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to be inexperienced, a rookie
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to be green (policy)
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to be environmentally aware
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the green room
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room in a theater or studio where guests/performers wait to go on
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to turn green
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to be naseous
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green around the gills
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sick-looking
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a greenbelt
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an area of nature around a city
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greens
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vegetables
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a green
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a golf course
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a greengrocer
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a person/store that sells vegetables & fruit
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the grass is always greener on the other side
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other people’s possessions/situations always seem better than your own
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to greenwash something
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to deceptively make practices/policies seem more environmentally friendly
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little green men
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stereotypical/humorous description of space aliens
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as sure as God made little green apples
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very certain
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colorless green ideas sleep furiously
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(Linguistics) Noam Chomsky’s oft-quoted example of a sentence with good grammar but no meaning
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to have green fingers (British)
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to be good with plants/gardens
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to have a green thumb (U.S.)
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to be good with plants/gardens
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a greenie (Australian)
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an environmentally aware person
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a green card (U.S.)
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legal residency staus
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a greenhorn (U.S.)
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an inexperienced or young person
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greenbacks (U.S.)
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dollars
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yellow
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cowardly
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a yellow streak
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cowardice
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yellow-bellied
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cowardly
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yellow journalism
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disreputable, sensationalistic journalism
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a yellow card
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(soccer) to give someone a first warning
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the yellow peril
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(offensive, archaic) the fear that Asian people will outnumber/displace Caucasian people
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a yellow dog Democrat (U.S.)
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a voter who always votes Democrat in every election
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out of the blue
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suddenly, unexpectedly
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a bolt from the blue
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a sudden/unexpected thing
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to be blue
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to be sad
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a blue funk
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a feeling of melancholy
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the blues
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sadness OR a 3 chord style of music
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once in a blue moon
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infrequently
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blue-collar
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related to manual labor or the working class
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a blue blood
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an aristocratic person
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to talk a blue streak
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to talk a lot
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to turn blue
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to have difficulty breathing
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blue with cold
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feeling very cold
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until you’re blue in the face
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having lost your patience
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blue chip stock
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stock of an established/finanically sound company
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working blue
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performing using foul language
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a blue movie
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a pornographic film
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a blueprint (for something)
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a design, a guide
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true blue
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faithful
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blue on blue
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in military: friendly fire
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into the wide/wild blue yonder
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to an unknown/faraway place
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blue balls (lewd)
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male sexual frustration due to unfulfilled sexual urges
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to turn the air blue
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to swear a lot
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between the devil and the deep blue sea
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a dilemma
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the boys in blue
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the police
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the thin blue line
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the police
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a blue state (U.S.)
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a state whose residents are politically more Democrat
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a blue (British)
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a Tory
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to scream blue muder (British)
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to express yourself angrily
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a blue-eyed boy (British)
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a male who can do no wrong, who is favored by authority
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having a blue (Australian)
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having a fight
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make a blue (Australian)
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make a mistake
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a brown-noser
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a sycophant
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in a brown study
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being contemplative; daydreaming
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browned off (British)
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annoyed
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purple prose
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flowery, romantic writing
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born in the purple
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born into a high ranking/aristocratic family
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the Purple Heart (U.S.)
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a U.S. military honor badge
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a purple patch (British)
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a period of exceptionally high achievement
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agent orange
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a defoliant used in herbicidal warfare
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Orangemen (Irish)
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Protestant fraternal organization
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in the pink of health
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very healthy
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tickled pink
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very pleased
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a pinko
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a communist
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to see the world through rose-colored glasses
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to see the world through an optimistic filter
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rosy
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positive, optimistic,
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to get a pink slip
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to be fired
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the pink pound (British)
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consumer spending by gay people
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grey area
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unclear
|
grey matter
|
the brain
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to give someone grey hairs
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to try someone’s patience
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gray market
|
sale of products via nonstandard distribution channels or at an unofficial price
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grey nomads (Australian)
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retirees who travel around the country
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the silver screen
|
the movies
|
a golden boy
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a well-regarded, successful man
|
a golden handshake
|
monetary incentive to join a company
|
a golden parachute
|
money given to an executive leaving a company
|
golden ears
|
great listening ability to discern quality or commerciality
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a golden shower (lewd)
|
urinating on a sexual partner
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a golden mean
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the desirable middle (between extremes of excess and deficiency)
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off-color
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inappropriate, crude
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to show your true colors
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to reveal your true self or feelings
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a colorless person
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a boring person
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colorful (e.g. tale, history, life)
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event-filled and interesting
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colorful language
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vivid or expletive-filled language
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to pass with flying colors
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to do very well
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local color
|
having typical characteristics of the local area
|
color commentary
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facts & comments about athletes during a broadcast
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a horse of a different color
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a completely different thing/idea
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a country’s colors
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the colors of a national flag
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