idiom · informal

feel off-colour

UK/fiːl ˌɒfˈkʌlə/US/fil ˌɔfˈkʌlər/feel off·COLOUR

speaking

to feel slightly ill or not entirely well

Examples

“I'm feeling a bit off-colour today, so I won't go to the party.”

“She felt off-colour after the long flight.”

“If you feel off-colour, you should see a doctor.”

Band 8 sentence

“I felt slightly off-colour after the international flight, so I spent the day resting in the hotel.”

Collocations

  • feel/look off-colour
  • a bit off-colour

Word family

feel off-colour idiomlook off-colour verb phrase

Common mistakes

I feel off colour.→I feel off-colour.

I am off colour.→I feel off-colour.

Say it for a higher band

5ill→6unwell→7+feel off-colour

Synonyms

feel unwell

Easily confused

feel unwell

“He called in sick because he felt unwell.”

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