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colour inTo colourise; to add colours to a black-and-white drawing, using coloured drawing equipment.Rate it:

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colour upAlternative form of color upRate it:

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Horse of a Different ColourTotally different from something, to come out different from what is being observedRate it:

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oil colourpaintingRate it:

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a blind squirrel finds a nutEveryone gets luckyRate it:

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are you blindUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see are,‎ you,‎ blind.Rate it:

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blind leading the blindSituation where an unqualified person is attempting to train others in a task.Rate it:

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blind with scienceTo overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.Rate it:

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chestnutA dark, reddish-brown colour/color.Rate it:

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rose-colouredHaving a pink colour.Rate it:

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there are none so blind as those who will not seeUnderstanding cannot be forced on someone who chooses to be ignorant.Rate it:

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blind as a batNearly totally blind, having a very poor sense of vision.Rate it:

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even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a whileBeing right once doesn't prove anythingRate it:

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orange upTo make more prominent by making orange or adding orange colour.Rate it:

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peacock bluecolourRate it:

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turn a blind eyeTo ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper.Rate it:

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salmon pinkcolourRate it:

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Blind Leading the BlindUninformed people, who try to lead or inform others, or it is about someone, who is not well equipped but wants to educate othersRate it:

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emerald greencolourRate it:

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in black and whiteHaving it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color .Rate it:

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la foi du charbonnierBlind faith.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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are you blindA rhetorical question to an individual who has failed to see or notice something.Rate it:

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dans le royaume des aveugles les borgnes sont roisAmong the blind, the one-eyed is king.Rate it:

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the doc says im going blind but i could never see anywayLess hurtRate it:

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nod's as good as a wink to a blind batThe idea/proposed action is inconsequential to the current situation.Rate it:

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oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)to be blind.Rate it:

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red meatMeats such as beef that are dark red in colour when uncooked.Rate it:

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auf dem Holzweg seinto be up a blind alleyRate it:

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black-and-whiteOf art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.Rate it:

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black-and-whiteOf a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.Rate it:

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blindAny device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.Rate it:

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blindAn 1800s baseball term meaning no score.Rate it:

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blindA player who is or was forced to make a bet.Rate it:

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blindA forced bet.Rate it:

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blindA covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.Rate it:

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blind alleyA course of inquiry that leads nowhere.Rate it:

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blind alleyUsed other than as an idiom: see blind, alley. A street or passageway that leads nowhere.Rate it:

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Blind as a BatNot able to see at all or get completely blindRate it:

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blind dateA romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.Rate it:

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blind side someoneTo injure, reveal shared private information or cause financial or personal loss through disloyalty or actions which hurt or disappoint.Rate it:

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brown breadBread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.Rate it:

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c'est comme un cataplasme sur une jambe de boisA nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.Rate it:

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c'est une autre paire de manchesThat is quite another thing; That is a horse of another colour, another pair of shoes.Rate it:

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cette couleur passeraThat colour will fade.Rate it:

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chestnutOf a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.Rate it:

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drank the koolaidDid what the Blind majority did, like a lemming, walking off a cliff.Rate it:

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fermer les yeuxto turn a blind eyeRate it:

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I see, said the blind manSaid to express confusion. Also used to express understanding after an initial period of confusion, i.e., "I see, said the blind man."Rate it:

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I'm blindIndicates that the speaker is blind.Rate it:

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