Language Lesson 2

Colours, idioms, fun and business

The English Language is maddening inconsistent in pronunciation and spelling, supple in grammar and highly idiomatic.
In this section you can get a free lesson about different ways in which colours refer to fun and business.

The golden handshake is the one you get when starting a new job. When I was accepted into the company the fat cats gave me a golden handshake.

---

Red tape: excessive formality and paperwork

---

A blue chip company. One among the highest class of investments. A well-known company which provides a safe investment.

---

Black tie: parties and social occasions in which men should wear a tuxedo or very formal clothes. We are going to the Colon Opera House tonight. It is black tie and Peter always complains about that.

---

Not to be as black as one is painted is to be a better person than one is said to be.

---

Greenfields are new companies that are formed to undertake new ventures in return for high reward.

---

Green shoots are the first signs of economical recovery after recession.

---

In the black means financially profitable

---

To be in the red means bad in business. It is having a debit balance in a current account in a bank or in a profit and loss account showing a loss. Our account is in the black this quarter. Let's take a holiday and enjoy the profits!