의미: almond green

álmond grèen 엷은 황록색

green 관용구

Florida green

yellow traffic light, amber warning light Oops! I just drove through a Florida green. Any cops around?

get the green light

get approval, it's a go Don't start construction until we get the green light from the City.

give someone the green light

give permission to go ahead with a project He has been given the green light to begin work on the new housing plan.

grass is always greener on the other side

a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now He realized that the grass is always greener on the other side when he saw that his new job wasn

grass is greener...

(See the grass is greener on the other side of the fence)

green

inexperienced, immature He is rather green and doesn

green belt

an area of fields and trees around a town The city has a policy of increasing the green belt around the city.

green stuff

dollars, money, lettuce, moola In those days we had plenty of green stuff, so I bought a Lexus.

green thumb

skill in making plants grow He has a real green thumb and has a beautiful garden.

green with envy

envious, wishing to have someone else's property How I wish I owned your Acura. I'm green with envy.

greenback

American dollar, money, buck If we're going to Vegas, we need our pockets full of greenbacks.

the grass is greener on the other side of the fenc

things look better from a distance, it is natural to desire a neighbor's things When you look at other homes, the grass is often greener on the other side of the fence.

have a green thumb

Idiom(s): have a green thumb

Theme: GARDENING

to have the ability to grow plants well.
• Just look at Mr. Simpson's garden. He has a green thumb.
• My mother has a green thumb when it comes to houseplants.

green around the gills

Idiom(s): pale around the gills AND blue around the gills; green around the gills

Theme: HEALTH - POOR

looking sick. (Informal. The around can be replaced with about.)
• John is looking a little pale around the gills. What's wrong?
• Oh, I feel a little green about the gills.

give sb the green light

Idiom(s): give someone the go-ahead AND give someone the green light

Theme: PERMISSION

to give someone the signal to start or continue.
• It's time to start work. Give everybody the go-ahead.
• They gave us the green light to start.

Grass may be greener on the other side but it's ju

'The grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow' is an expression used to mean a person's desire to have that which another person has in the belief it will make their life easieris false as all situations come with their own set of problems.

Green fingers

(UK) Someone with green fingers has a talent for gardening.

Green light

If you are given the green light, you are given approval to do something.

Green-eyed monster

The green-eyed monster is an allegorical phrase for somebody's strong jealousy

Greenhorn

A greenhorn or someone who is described simply as green lacks the relevant experience and knowledge for their job or task

Put more green into something

(USA) To put more green into something is to spend more or to increase investment in it.

The grass is always greener

This idiom means that what other people have or do looks preferable to our life. The complete phrase is 'The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence'.

Walk the green mile

Someone or something that is walking the green mile is heading towards the inevitable.

Green Room

The waiting room, especially for those who are about to go on a tv or radio show.

green-belt area

an area of protected land surrounding a town or city: "The green-belt area around London is disappearing fast."

green politics

environmental politics: "He's in green politics and often campaigns to fight pollution."

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

Giving enough space to each other help maintain a good relationship.

get the go-ahead|get|go-ahead|the green light

v. phr. To receive the permission or signal to start or to proceed. We had to wait until we got the go-ahead on our research project.

grass is always greener on the other side of the h

We are often not satisfied and want to be somewhere else; a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are. John is always changing his job because the grass always looks greener to him on the other side of the fence.

green around the gills|gills|green|pale|pale aroun

adj. phr., slang Pale-faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. Bill's father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills. The car almost hit Mary crossing the street, and she was pale around the gills because it came so close.

Also used with other prepositions besides "around", as "about", "at", "under", and with other colors, as "blue", "pink", "yellow", "white".

green power|green|power

n., slang, informal The social prestige or power money can buy one. In American political elections the candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them.

green thumb|green|thumb

n., informal A talent for gardening; ability to make things grow.

Considered trite by many. Mr. Wilson's neighbors say his flowers grow because he has a green thumb.

green with envy|envy|green

adj. phr. Very jealous; full of envy. Alice's girlfriends were green with envy when they saw her new dress. The other boys were green with envy when Joe bought a second-hand car.
Compare: GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

green-eyed monster|green|green-eyed|monster

n. phr. Jealousy; envy. When John's brother got the new bicycle, the green-eyed monster made John fight with him.

grass is always greener on the other side, the

grass is always greener on the other side, the
A different situation always seems better than one's own. For example, Bob always thinks the grass is greener elsewhere, which accounts for his constant job changes. This expression, an ancient proverb cited by Erasmus in the 15th century, is so well known that it is often shortened.

green about the gills

green about the gills
Also, green around the gills. Looking ill or nauseated, as in After that bumpy ride she looked quite green about the gills. The use of green to describe an ailing person's complexion dates from about 1300, and gills has referred to the flesh around human jaws and ears since the 1600s. Although in the 1800s white and yellow were paired with gills to suggest illness, the alliterative green has survived them.

green light, the

green light, the
Permission to go ahead, as in The chief gave us the green light for starting this project. This term originated in the late 1800s for the signal used by railroads to indicate that a train could proceed. It was transferred to more general use in the first half of the 1900s.