Sunday, 23 March 2014

Colours-'Green' Idioms




Be a green eyed monster: be very jealous.



Get/give somebody the green light: get/give the go-ahead, receive a signal to start or continue.



Green/pale around the gills: looking sick.

 

Be green with envy: be very jealous.



Have a green thumb/fingers: have the ability to grow plants easily.



The green belt: wide strip of land around a city, where building is controlled so that there are fields, woods etc.



(Not) be as green as one is cabbage looking: (not) be as experienced as one seems.



Green Christmas: Christmas season when the weather is mild and there is no snow.



Green horn: inexperienced and easily deceived person.



Green room: room in a theater for actors/actresses, when they are not on stage.



Green stuff: vegetables.



Green sward: turf, grass



The village green: a village’s square.

Going green: making an effort to be environmentally conscious, sustainable, and knowledgable. 


The grass is greener on the other side of the fence/hill.

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