in the red
Having net losses; in debt.
The figures are going to be in the red this year.
noun
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
Red can be seen as hot or angry.
And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
Red wine.
A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant.
He produced a wine key from his jacket pocket and effortlessly removed the cork from the bottle of red.
Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
American reds and doppelbocks are heavy lagers as well. It really comes down to how the beer was made. Beyond that, brewers are immensely creative and have developed styles of both ale and lager that run a wide range of attributes.
No other country has a brewing tradition as richly diverse as that of Belgium, with beers ranging from pleasant pale lagers to wild, winelike Flemish reds and lambics.
adj
Of a red hue.
The girl wore a red skirt.
He was wearing a red jacket.
Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
Her hair had red highlights.
Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
[T]he sun was shining on a happy crowd. It shone on white hats and red faces. It shone on ice lollies and melted them.
Having a brown color.
Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”)
I got two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.
intj
Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.