It’s common to learn your colors in Italian as a beginner, but have you come across any idiomatic expressions using these colors? Some teachers prefer to wait a while before teaching idioms as they can be difficult for students to translate. The very definition of an idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative sense and not a literal one.

This means that its meaning is difficult to guess, it has to be learnt. I think it’s good for students of Italian to become introduced to a variety of idiomatic expressions as early as possible. So, I like to teach my students idiomatic expressions alongside the vocabulary we learn as the more familiar we become with them, the easier it is to use them when speaking Italian.