GREEN IN ENGLISH
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A green old age |
Old in years, young at heart |
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Be not as green as one is cabbage-lookig |
Be less stupid than one looks |
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Bice green, green bice |
Malachite green |
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Board of the Green Cloth |
Department of the British Royal Household |
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Do you see any green in my eye? |
Do you take me for a fool? |
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Green |
Jealous |
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Green |
Lawn |
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Green |
Meadow |
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Green |
Village square |
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Green |
Part of golf court for putting |
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Green |
Green billiards ball |
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Green |
Vitality, youthfulness |
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Green |
Green crop |
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Green |
Paper money |
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Green |
Poor quality marihuana |
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Green |
Immature, inexperienced |
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Green |
Weak, sickly |
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Green about the gills |
Looking ill |
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Green apples |
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Green at his job |
Inexperienced at his job |
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Green audit |
Examination of the effects of a company’s business operations on the environment |
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Green bacon |
Unsalted bacon |
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Green beans |
French beans |
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Green belt |
Strip of countryside where building is not allowed |
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Green Beret |
Commando |
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Green card |
International motorcar insurance document |
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Green card |
ID for the disabled entitling them to special services etc. |
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Green card |
Permanent residence permit |
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Green cheese |
Well, cheese that looks a bit greenish. Usually has a strong flavour. Eaters may look greenish after consumption, too. |
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Green cheese |
Grass cheese |
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Green Christmas |
Christmas without snow |
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Green cloth |
Affectionate name for the billiards table cloth |
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Green cod |
Pollachius virens:
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Green crop |
Vegetable crop |
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Green currencies |
Monetary unit, used in European agricultural affairs |
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Green drake |
Dayfly |
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Green earth |
Type of mineral (complex
aluminosilicate):
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Green fingers |
Knack for gardening |
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Green food |
Vegetables |
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Green gage |
Type of plum:
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Green goddess dressing |
Blend thoroughly all ingredients; cover Green Goddess Dressing tightly and refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours before using. |
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Green goods |
Forged bank bills |
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Green goose |
Young goose, mainly used for gourmet purposes |
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Green herring |
Unsalted herring |
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Green light |
Permission |
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Green manure |
Using greens as natural fertilizers |
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Green meat |
Green vegetables |
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Green onion |
Spring onion |
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Green Paper |
Working paper on a proposal |
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Green pastures |
Grassy meadows |
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Green peas |
Popular with UK kids; try the ‘mushy’ variety some time! Green peas:
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Green pelts |
Untanned skins |
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Green pepper |
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Green plover |
Vanellus vanellus:
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Green power |
The power of money |
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Green room |
Room in a theatre for artists to unwind in |
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Green salad |
Salad of lettuce and other uncooked green vegetables |
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Green sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus:
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Green tea |
Very refreshing, and reputedly
healthy …
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Green thumb |
Knack for gardening |
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Green turtle |
Turtle, mainly used for gourmet purposes |
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Green vitriol |
Ferrous sulphate |
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Green winter |
Mild winter |
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Green winters make fat churchyards. |
Mild winters are not very healthy. |
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Green with envy |
Very jealous |
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Green woodpecker |
Picus viridis: |
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Greenback |
Dollar |
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Greenfield |
Land not yet built on; virginal land |
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Greengrocer |
Shopkeeper selling vegetables and fruits |
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Greenhorn |
Inexperienced person |
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Greenhouse |
Hot house |
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Greenhouse effect |
Global warming |
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Greenling |
Carduelis chloris:
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Greens |
Vegetables |
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Greens |
Environmental political party |
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Greens |
Branches |
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Greens |
Army uniform |
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Greens |
Screwing |
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Hedge in between keeps friendship green. |
A good fence makes for good neighbours. |
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In the green |
In the prime |
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Keep the memory green |
Keep thinking about |
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The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. |
Things always seem better in another place. |
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The grass is greener on the other side of the hill. |
Things always seem better in another place. |
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The Green Isle |
Ireland |
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The Green Mountain State |
Vermont |
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Through the green |
Over the fairway (golf) |
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To green |
To become green |
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To green |
To become environmentally aware |
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To green |
To make green |
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To green |
To make environmentally aware |
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To green |
To make younger |
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To green someone |
To pull someone’s leg |