Black Idioms & Expressions Created on November 27, 2020Black Idioms & Expressions 1 / 14 If you buy things on the BLACK MARKET, you buy… things that are NOT being sold in a legal way. things from a market at night. 2 / 14 If you PUT something in BLACK AND WHITE, you… show that something is not true. write a contract or put an agreement in writing. 3 / 14 When a business is IN THE BLACK? it has lost money or made a loss. it has made money or made a profit. 4 / 14 BLACK HUMOUR or BLACK COMEDY is… using tragedy or upsetting things, such as death or violence, to make people laugh. a way to say that a joke or prank was not funny. 5 / 14 If you're in your teacher's BLACK BOOK, you… have done something bad and they are angry with you. you are on the register of students in the class. 6 / 14 When someone is a BLACK SHEEP, they… are the strangest person in a group of people. not very intelligent. 7 / 14 What does this sentence mean? On Black Friday, the shops were black with people. the shops were full of people or very crowded. the shops were full of people fighting. 8 / 14 If a business makes money or a profit, we say it is IN THE BLACK. What is the opposite? in the red. in the white. 9 / 14 If you are BLACKMAILED… you are removed from a mailing list. someone wants you to give them money so they don't tell anyone about something bad that you did. 10 / 14 If something is BLACK AND WHITE, it… is very clear or very true. is not sure. 11 / 14 To be BLACK AND BLUE, is… to be unhappy or depressed. to be sore or bruised from being hit by someone or from falling down. 12 / 14 BLACK FRIDAY is a day when… a day in American history when many black people were killed. you can buy things at cheaper prices in the sales. 13 / 14 BLACK GOLD is… Oil (or petroleum) or something that is very precious. a rare type of gold. 14 / 14 TO BE A BLACK BELT, is… a karate term meaning that you have achieved the highest level. another way to say a police officer. Your score is Restart quiz Please SHARE and RATE this quiz! Send feedback Verbs Of The Senses + Like / As IfNew Dictionary Words 2020 Share this Post
