Red Letter Days of My Life, Volume 2

Smith works as a redcap at Chicagos OHare Airport./ [red carpet] See: ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET. [red cent]{n. phr.} The one-cent coin; a copper coin; very little money. /Poor Oscar is so broke he doesnt have a red cent to his name./ [red eye]{adj. phr.} Bloodshot eyes that are strained from too much reading. /Poor Tim has a red eye; he must have been studying too late again./ [red eye]{n. phr.}, {informal} A night flight. /The company refused to pay for him to take a more expensive daytime flight, so he had to come in on the red eye./ [red-handed]{adj.} In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. /The criminal was caught red-handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint./ [red herring]{n. phr.} A false scent laid down in order to deceive; a phony or misleading story designed to cause confusion. /That story about the president having an affair was a red herring created by the opposition in order to discredit him./ [red-letter day]{n. phr.} A holiday; memorable day (usually printed in red on calendars). /The Fourth of July is a red-letter day./ /It was a red-letter day for Felix, when he won the lottery./ [red-light district]{n. phr.} A district of brothels or where prostitutes hang out. /Most unwisely, the young sailor decided to spend his leave on shore by haunting the red-light districts of the port of call./ [red tape]{n. phr.} Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. /If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape./ [reel off] See: RATTLE OFF. [reference] See: IN REFERENCE TO or WITH REFERENCE TO. [refine on] or [refine upon] {v.} 1 ...»