Colours-'White' Idioms

White elephant: something that is useless and which is either a nuisance or is expensive to keep up.

Be as white as a sheet: be very pale.

Be as white as the driven snow: be very white.

(Put) in black and white :put in written form.

White caps/horses: waves at sea with white foam on their crests.

White collar: non-manual labour.

White lie: unimportant and harmless lie.

White coffee: coffee with milk.

White flag: symbol of surrender.

White heat: intense passion.

White lipped: having white lips, especially of fear.

White livered: cowardly.

White meat: poultry, pork and veal.

Bleed white: drain of wealth, strength (also: bleed somebody white).

White slave: a girl who is forced to be a prostitute, especially one who is tricked into going to a foreign country by promises of employment.

Show the white feather: be very afraid of somebody.

White Hall: Street in London where are the government offices, hence British government policy.

White sepulcher: hypocrite.

White frost: hoar frost.

White wash: lime or embellishment.