I'm trying to think of colloquial expressions with the word green in it (or company names, book names, movie titles, etc). If you can help me think of some, that'd be awesome. Thanks.
2007-03-09 16:39:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Green with envy.... The green-eyed monster........ erm....
The grass is greener.... This is *hard*!
2007-03-09 16:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by - 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one national flag is a solid color: the green flag of Libya.
Ancient Egyptians colored the floors of their temples green.
In ancient Greece, green symbolized victory.
In the highlands of Scotland, people wore green as a mark of honor.
Green is the national color of Ireland.
A “greenback” is slang for a U.S. dollar bill.
Green means “go.” When “all systems are green,” it means everything is in order.
The green room of a concert hall or theater is where performers relax before going onstage.
The “green-eyed monster” is jealousy.
A greenhorn is a newcomer or unsophisticated person.
Green is youthful.
Being “green around the gills” is looking pale and sickly.
“Green with envy” means full of envy or jealousy.
A person with a “green thumb” is good at making plants grow.
A green, or common, is a town park.
Green is a healing color, the color of nature.
Comic Books:
The Green Hornet
Green Arrow
Green Goblin
Green Liberation Front
Green Man
Green Owl Gang
Green Raider
Green Rocket
Green Shirts
Green Torpedo
Greenaway
Greenbean
Greener Lokan
Greeneyes
Greenshirts
Greensong
Green Arrow Hawk
Green Lantern
Books:
Anne Of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
2007-03-10 01:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Songs:
The Green green grass of home
Ten green bottles
Green grow the rushes-o
Books:
The Green Mile
How Green was my Valley
Sayings:
Green-eyed monster
Green with envy
He's as green as grass
Green around the gills
2007-03-10 04:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green.....
backs, Acres, Berets, The Green Mile, Soylent Green, Greensleeves (song), Green Day, Green Meanie
I'll try to think of more!
Okay: Green tea, green card, "Think Green", Green Weenie (this might be local - LOL), Green Bay (Packers)
2007-03-10 00:45:58 · answer #4 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's the Green Man/Woman of "pagan" mythology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_man
Tom Jones (among many others) sang about the "Green Green Grass of Home."
All that stuff about greenhouse gasses etc.
Okay, I'm out!
2007-03-10 01:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I can think of is greenhorn (a beginner) or greenstick fracture (a medical term for a broken bone cause by twisting)
2007-03-10 00:49:25 · answer #6 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋