“Green-Eyed Monster"...............



Jealousy!

Sidebar: The phrase was used by, and possibly coined by, Shakespeare to denote jealousy, in The Merchant of Venice, 1596

“Green With Envy” ..................



Full of desire for someone's possessions or advantages; extremely covetous.

"To give someone the green light"..............


To give permission for someone to do something or for something to happen:to grant someone to proceed with some action or task.

“Blue Collar”


Characteristic of the working class, especially manual laborers.



Sidebar: Connotes people who work at a trade or as laborers, because such workers at one time commonly wore durable shirts made of blue cotton (as opposed to “white collar,” referring to dress shirts worn by professionals and office workers.

"Talking Up A Blue Streak"...................





Talking a lot and very fast.

“Not A Shrinking Violet”




To refer to someone who is anything but shy.

"Talk Until One Is Blue In The Face................


For a great or unending length of time; until one has done it to exhaustion.

“Seeing Red” ................




Being so angry that one’s vision is blurred. To fall into a state of extreme anger.

"Go Beat Red In The Face"........................


Beet red is to be embarrassed.

"Comparing Apples to Oranges".................



Unrelated subjects or issues,” to emphasize irrelevance.

"Yellow Journalism".....................


Reporting which is sensational and/or biased.


Sidebar: Yellow journalism, based on an early comic strip character named the Yellow Kid,

“True Blue,”.............


Meaning someone who is loyal.

“Silence Is Golden"...............


It is often better to say nothing than to talk Silence is often a good and desirable trait.


Sidebar: Although this precise phrase was first recorded only in 1848, it is part of a much older proverb, "Speech is silver and silence is golden."

Two favorite idioms, for sure! Thanks homoe. ... :balloon:

"Your Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours"................

"Return The Favor".......




To do a good deed for someone who has done a good deed for you.

What this idiom means is to help someone out with the assumption that they will return the favor in the future!

"
Fall out of favor with someone/ Lose favor with someone"...............





To lose someone's approval or acceptance.

‘To add insult to injury’ ....................


To make a situation worse.

"Hot To Trot...............




Sexually avid, lascivious.