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

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


To be shown the red card


To be in the red


Red hot


Red herring


Catch someone red handed

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

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

Something new and exciting, creating much demand.

An unimportant fact misleading everyone drawing attention away from the topic

To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong,

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