COLOUR IDIOMS – BLACK

COLOUR IDIOMS – BLACK                       

1. to blackmail someone – to threaten to reveal secrets unless payment is made – zsarolni

2. to black out –to lose consciousness – elájulni                          

3. a blackout – a loss of electricity in an area – áramszünet                                 

4. the blackout – during wartime, extinguishing or covering lights – elsötétítés

5. black magic / the black arts – magic used for evil purposes – fekete mágia   

6. the pot calling the kettle black – someone criticizing someone else for aquality they themselvespossess – Bagoly mondja verébnek, hogy nagyfejű.                           

7. the black market – illegal/underground sales and purchases – feketepiac

8. a black sheep – the outcast or disgrace in a group – fekete bárány                            

9. black gold – oil / petroleum – fekete arany                    

10. black tie – formal clothing e.g. atuxedo – szmoking                          

11. black humour – jokes about death or illness – fekete humor                          

12. a blackleg – a scab; a person who breaks a strike – sztrájktörő                                 

13. to be in black and white – to be written down officially – hivatalosan                                   

14. to be black and white (a situation) – to be clear – tiszta, világos helyzet                   

15. in the black – profitable – nyereséges                          

16. a black mood – a bad, grumpy mood – rosszkedv                               

17. a black eye – a bruised eye –  monokli                        

18. to blacklist someone – to prevent someone from being hired – valakit feketelistára tenni, nem alkalmazni                                  

19. black and blue – bruised – kék és zöld                                                             

20. as black as night – very dark black – éjfekete                          

21. pitch black – very dark black – koromfekete                                                   

22. black-hearted  – cruel, evil, mean – gonosz                                                    

23. to blacken someone’s name – to suggest/indicate a person’s wrongdoing – befeketíteni valaki nevét                              

24. the Black Death – The Bubonic Plague – feketehimlő, pestis                         

25. Black Friday (U.S.)  – The day after American Thanksgiving when many stores have sales – Fekete Péntek    

Match the definitions with the idioms.

Key

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3.      n.
4.      a.
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6.      j.
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