black and white

Meaning

1. Oxford50% of films

   having no colours except black, white and shades of grey (in photographs, on television, etc.)

2. Editorial20% of films

   in written or printed form, so it is official, explicit, and can be checked or proved

   It is all there in black and white

   I'm not just saying. I've got it in black and white.

3. Oxford5% of films

   in a way that makes people or things seem completely bad or good, or completely right or wrong

   Well I don t think it s quite that black and white

In the movies · 25

• Well I don t think it s quite that black and whiteEyes Wide Shut1999
• I'm not just saying. I've got it in black and white.Witness for the Prosecution1957
• It is all there in black and whiteThe Favourite2018
• ...between black and white!The Great Gatsby2013
• Is he in black and white?Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• It's very black and white now.The Visitor2008
• Maybe it should be in black and white.What Women Want2000
• Dollars aren't black and white, they're green.422013

Learn it in full scenes

• Witness for the Prosecution1957
  • Sir Wilfrid Goes Home
  • Sir Wilfrid Hides Cigars in His Cane
  • Vole Tries to Hire Sir Wilfrid
• The Great Gatsby2013
  • Nick Begins His Story
  • Nick Dines with the Buchanans
  • Tom's Secret Apartment Party

From the same entry

• black and blue
• not as black as he is painted
• the pot calling the kettle black
• be in the black
• in black and white
• black out
• black out

More idioms

• get what you deserve
• put on the spot
• at the drop of a hat
• be all in mind
• be at your wits end
• be born to be
• be set in your ways
• by word of mouth
• come out on top
• down in the dumps
• fly off the handle
• give the finger