GREEN IDIOMS 46. To be green Used to describe someone who is immature, or inexperienced He can be rather green sometimes. I don’t think he’s ready to be promoted to a higher position yet. 47. Green with envy Used to describe someone who is extremely jealous, full of envy When we were children, my older brother always used to get green with envy if my dad bought something for me and not for him. 48. Give someone the green light / get the green light When someone receives, or is given, permission to go ahead with something We have been given the green the light by the Marketing Executive to go ahead with the new advertising campaign. 49. Grass is always greener on the other side Used to describe a place that is far away, and better than, where you are now, or another person’s situation that is very different from your own He realised that the grass is always greener on the other side when he saw that his new job wasn’t perfect, and had its own problems too. 50. Green belt An area of fields and trees around a town Our city has a policy of increasing the green belt around it. 51. Green thumb/green finger Used to describe someone with a talent for gardening, having the ability to make plants grow This garden used to look so beautiful when my mum lived here. She definitely had a green thumb. I wish I did too! #GREY_IDIOMS 52. A grey area Something that is not clearly defined, and there is still debate as to whether it is ‘black or white’, neither one way or another Some of the current rules surrounding bedroom tax in the UK seem to be in a grey area, as many residents disagree with its determining factors. #Idiom @English_4U