1 ash

2 dust

3 lime

4 gray

5 discouraged

6 dejected

1 gray

2 ash gray

3 grizzly

4 pessimistic

5 gloomy

6 dispirited

7 ambiguous

1 weeping willow (Salix babylonica)

1 big bad wolf

1 cliff

2 rock

1 lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom)

2 fig. to frequent brothels

3 to sow one's wild oats

1 broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman

1 lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope

2 light at the end of the tunnel

1 lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring

1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence

2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one