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Idioms with "red", by Inma (C1, 2015-16)

Roll out the red carpet: Give someone a honorary treatment.
A red letter day: An important day.
A red herring: Something to distract from a relevant issue.
Red tape: Official rules that make things slow. [paperwork]
Be like a rag to a bull: Make someone very angry.
A red cent: A worthless thing.
Paint (the) town red: Go out and celebrate. Get drunk.
Red hot: Very exciting or successful.
The red-light district: Place where you can find sex for money.
Red eye: Flight that leaves late at night and arrives early the morning.
To cut through red tape: To eliminate something complicated.
One's ears are red: To be read from embarrassment.
Down the little red lane: Down someone's throat.
Out of the red: Out of debt.

Can you find examples to illustrate how we use these expressions? Thanks!