Download or read book Zur Etymologie Lexikalisierter Farbwortverbindungen written by Christiane Wanzeck and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2003 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a coherent representation of the etymology of historical and contemporary lexicalised idioms involving colour. The investigation covers idioms such as Grundonnerstag, Thursday of Holy Week', blau sein, to be drunk', rot sehen, to get angry', idioms from other languages, such as the Dutch Blauwboekjes, defamatory writings', the French conte blue, lie', loan translations such as blaues Blut from the Spanish sangre azul."