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A lot of English idioms use colors to describe feelings. Here are just a couple of examples.

1. Prachi was seeing red when her computer suddenly crashed.
To see red : very angry.
(We use red to describe anger because people’s faces turn red when they are angry. Imagine you became so angry your eyes became red, too. Then you might begin to “see red.”)

2. When Jaswant brought home his expensive car, his neighbour Jaskiran was green with envy.
Green with envy : Full of desire for someone's possessions.
(I’m not sure why people are green when they are envious, but this is a very common saying.)

Here is a question for you:

Harsh asked Nita to marry him. He was tickled pink when she said yes.
What does “tickled pink” mean?

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22/08/2014

deportment

PRONUNCIATION:
(di-PORT-ment)

MEANING:
noun: The manner in which one conducts oneself in public.

ETYMOLOGY:
From French déportement, from Latin deportare, from de- (away) + portare (carry). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over), which also gave us support, comport, petroleum, sport, passport, colporteur (a peddler of religious books), rapporteur, Norwegian fjord (bay), and Sanskrit parvat (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1601.

USAGE:
"To etiquette expert Judi James, Kate's deportment contrasts pleasingly with other royals' fidgety stiffness."
Charlie Gillis; Queen Making; Maclean's (Toronto, Canada); May 2, 2011.