Definition
green: the color of grass, peas, emeralds
Some idioms using the word green:
(to be) green with envy to be very jealous
to be green to be inexperienced, a beginner
to give the green light to agree to, to authorize something
to have a green thumb (US) (or green fingers (UK)) to be a good gardener
a green area a park or garden
to be green to be inexperienced, a beginner
to give the green light to agree to, to authorize something
to have a green thumb (US) (or green fingers (UK)) to be a good gardener
a green area a park or garden
green (issues): environmental (concerns)
the green party the environmentalist political party
- "I can't decide what to wear: The purple shirt with green stripes, or the orange shirt with silver spots... My meeting with Philip Cheeter is in half an hour."
- "Greener Skies Ahead?"
- "Environmentalists point out that the production of biofuels isn't entirely green."
- "Bruno : Don't worry sir, I'm sure we can work this out... Let's see... I think you should definitely wear the purple shirt with green stripes – it matches your ears."
- "I really don't have the green hand."
- "Philip : But I always thought that aliens had green skin and big eyes and triangle heads, and watched the XXX-files, and you know, abducted humans and stuff."
- "Eh... Blue? Green?"
- "Please meet me at the green bench on the west side of Paradise Park on Friday, September 28th at 7:37 pm. I will be wearing a pink tuxedo with a black carnation."
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