GREEN IN ENGLISH

 

 

 

A green old age

Old in years, young at heart

Be not as green as one is cabbage-lookig

Be less stupid than one looks

Bice green, green bice

Malachite green

Board of the Green Cloth

Department of the British Royal Household

Do you see any green in my eye?

Do you take me for a fool?

Green

Jealous

Green

Lawn

Green

Meadow

Green

Village square

Green

Part of golf court for putting

Green

Green billiards ball

Green

Vitality, youthfulness

Green

Green crop

Green

Paper money

Green

Poor quality marihuana

Green

Immature, inexperienced

Green

Weak, sickly

Green about the gills

Looking ill

Green apples

Green at his job

Inexperienced at his job

Green audit

Examination of the effects of a company’s business operations on the environment

Green bacon

Unsalted bacon

Green beans

French beans

Green belt

Strip of countryside where building is not allowed

Green Beret

Commando

Green card

International motorcar insurance document

Green card

ID for the disabled entitling them to special services etc.

Green card

Permanent residence permit

Green cheese

Well, cheese that looks a bit greenish. Usually has a strong flavour. Eaters may look greenish after consumption, too.

Green cheese

Grass cheese

Green Christmas

Christmas without snow

Green cloth

Affectionate name for the billiards table cloth

Green cod

Pollachius virens:                                                     

Green crop

Vegetable crop

Green currencies

Monetary unit, used in European agricultural affairs

Green drake

Dayfly

Green earth

Type of mineral (complex aluminosilicate): (Thank you, André!!)

Green fingers

Knack for gardening

Green food

Vegetables

Green gage

Type of plum:

Green goddess dressing

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 3 tablespoons tarragon vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped parsley
  • 3 tablespoons finely minced onion
  • 3 tablespoons mashed anchovy fillets
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chives
  • 2 teaspoon chopped capers
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Blend thoroughly all ingredients; cover Green Goddess Dressing tightly and refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours before using.

Green goods

Forged bank bills

Green goose

Young goose, mainly used for gourmet purposes

Green herring

Unsalted herring

Green light

Permission

Green manure

Using greens as natural fertilizers

Green meat

Green vegetables

Green onion

Spring onion

Green Paper

Working paper on a proposal

Green pastures

Grassy meadows

Green peas

Popular with UK kids; try the ‘mushy’ variety some time!

Green peas:          Mushy peas:

Green pelts

Untanned skins

Green pepper

                                         

Green plover

Vanellus vanellus:                                                           

Green power

The power of money

Green room

Room in a theatre for artists to unwind in

Green salad

Salad of lettuce and other uncooked green vegetables

Green sandpiper

Tringa ochropus:

Green tea

Very refreshing, and reputedly healthy …                          

Green thumb

Knack for gardening

Green turtle

Turtle, mainly used for gourmet purposes

Green vitriol

Ferrous sulphate

Green winter

Mild winter

Green winters make fat churchyards.

Mild winters are not very healthy.

Green with envy

Very jealous

Green woodpecker

Picus viridis:                              

Greenback

Dollar

Greenfield

Land not yet built on; virginal land

Greengrocer

Shopkeeper selling vegetables and fruits

Greenhorn

Inexperienced person

Greenhouse

Hot house

Greenhouse effect

Global warming

Greenling

Carduelis chloris:                                                          

Greens

Vegetables

Greens

Environmental political party

Greens

Branches

Greens

Army uniform

Greens

Screwing

Hedge in between keeps friendship green.

A good fence makes for good neighbours.

In the green

In the prime

Keep the memory green

Keep thinking about

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

Things always seem better in another place.

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

Things always seem better in another place.

The Green Isle

Ireland

The Green Mountain State

Vermont

Through the green

Over the fairway (golf)

To green

To become green

To green

To become environmentally aware

To green

To make green

To green

To make environmentally aware

To green

To make younger

To green someone

To pull someone’s leg

 

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