Berdakh karakalpak state university faculty of foreign languages and literature department

Green, brown. “Green” and “brown” expressions shared the sixth place in terms of frequency of use in the composition of colored phraseological units. In ancient times, brown was given a negative meaning. It is considered a symbol of despondency and depression. Most often, this concept is used in phraseological units describing the appearance of people or objects, such as in the work of Jerome K. Jerome: “to light a bit of brown paper”, or in describing a gloomy and dirty environment: “rain-falling drops on its brown and sluggish waters” or “brown,
heavy clouds were drifting across the sky”. Green is associated with nature, freshness: “Three in a boat” – “George suggested meat, tomatoes and green stuff”. We find two “green” phraseological units in the work of Charlotte Brontë: “get a glimpse of the green region”, “a lane as green as the lawn”. The green-eyed monster –is a jealous man. In English culture, green is associated with jealousy and envy. For example: My neighbour is the green-eyed monster.
•to be green about the gills -to be very pale. Green is also associated with painful pallor. For example: Suddenly a student is green about the gills.
•to have green fingers -to be a good gardener. In this idiom, green represents plants. Thus, “green fingers” are not translated literally, but imply that a person
knows how to use his hands to grow plants. For example: Jane has green fingers.
•greenas grass -completely green (inexperienced). Such an idiom is based on a natural phenomenon. As you know, most fruits at the initial stage are green, and only after ripening do they acquire their colour. By this association, the above idiom arose. For example: Young driver was green as grass.
•have got the green light -have permission.
Yellow. Yellow means modesty, cowardice, an example of which we see in the novel “The Teacher’: “Madame Pelet was meagre and yellow”, and also describes objects and phenomena: “The sign of four” – “make after that launch with the yellow light”.