This first post about English color idioms concerned the color "black", the color used in most English idiomatic expressions. The second most common is "blue", which will be covered in today's post
Blue chip company = a company with a solid reputation for the quality of its products and the stability of its growth and earnings
Blue in the face = If you do something until you are blue in the face, you try to do something unsuccessfully for a long time
Feel blue = to have feelings of deep sadness
Out of the blue = something that happens very suddenly and unexpectedly
Scream (blue) murder = someone who screams blue murder
Blue blood = the blood of a noble family
Blue ribbon = of superior quality
Talk a blue streak = to talk very much and rapidly
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