idioms [connecting text and text] [meaning] [colour] [red] [1]

idioms [connecting text and text] [meaning] [colour] [red] [1]


Red hot


To be shown the red card


Catch someone red handed


Red herring


To be in the red

To have an overdraft, be in debt to your bank, or owe some money

An unimportant fact misleading everyone drawing attention away from the topic

Comes from sport and means to be dismissed or sent off.

Something new and exciting, creating much demand.

To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong,

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