1)      GREEN

 

-         A) To be inexperienced or immature

 

 e.g.: The young man is a green now and does not have enough experience to drive the large company.

 

Turkish meaning; Çoluk çocuk elinde kalmak; Genç, tecrübesiz, çocuk denecek kişilerin yönetimi altında yaşar durumda olmak.

 

e.g.: "Ülke çoluk çocuk elinde mi kalacak? Allah korusun!"

 

 -          B) To fill an area with growing plants in order to make it more attractive

 

e.g.: Our students challenged to green outside of our department.

 

 

-          C) A level area of grass, especially in the middle of village

  

e.g.: Guys!!! Let’s play cricket on the green.

  

-         D) Vegetables with large green leaves

 

e.g.: Mom to the children: “You have to eat your greens for being fit”.

 

-         E) Very young or not ready to be eaten

 

e.g.: Bananas are still green. I don’t recommend you eating them.

 

-         F) Looking sick

 

e.g.: George looked a bit green next morning after party.

 

 

-         G) Clues about arrives of the spring.

 

e.g.: Things are starting to green up around here.

 

 

-         H) Youthful, vigorous

 

e.g.: My grandfather told me about his adventures at the green age of eighteens.

 

 

-         I) To characterize mild temperature and weather

 

e.g.: I want to have my holiday where is the green climate because I am tired of this cold weather in our country.

  

2)      GREEN HAND 

 

-         New in something, inexperienced

 

e.g.: He is a green hand in that project so he cannot control it. 

 

3)      GREENHORN

 

-      An untrained, inexperienced, naive person

 

 

e.g.: Benjamin Franklin was a greenhorn when he begun in his brother’s newspaper company and he needed much time to learn how to print properly.

   

4)       TO LOOK THROUHG GREEN GRASSES

 

-      Jealousy, envy.

 

e.g.: She was looking through green glasses when I said about buying a new model of Mercedes.

  

5)      GREEN WITH ENVY

 

-      - to be very jealous, to be full of envy

 

e.g.: My brother was green with envy when our parents said that I would go to Paris first

 

Turkish meaning; İçi yanmak: 1.Büyük bir acı sebebiyle çok fazla üzülmek.

 

e.g.:"Kuzenimin Londraya gideceğini duyduğumda çok içim yanmiştı"

 

6)      GREEN- EYED MONSTER

 

 

-      Jealous, angry

 

 

e.g.: My neighbor, Anne, was always consumed by the green-eyed monster and it was affecting her life. 

 

Turkish meaning; Gözlerini (gözünü) kan bürümek: Çok öfkeli, kinli olmak; her kötülüğü yapacak hâle gelmek.

 

 e.g.: "Bir adamın gözlerini kan bürümesin, ondan her türlü belâ beklenebilir."

  

11)  GREEN THUMB

 

-      A talent for gardening, the ability to make things grow.

 

e.g.: My sister has a green thumb and she is able to grow one of the best rose gardens in our neighborhood.

  

12)  GREEN- FINGERED  (British & Australian, American)

 

-      To be good at keeping plants healthy and making them grow.

 

e.g.: In some countries where the rainfall often occurs you will easily find the green- fingered gardeners.

  

13)  TO HAVE GREEN FINGERS

 

-      To be good at keeping plants healthy and making them grow.

 

e.g.: Oh, Dear, I am afraid I do not have green fingers so have to decline your offer to plant the flowers.

 

 

14)  TO GET\HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT

 

 

-      To receive a signal to start or continue something

  

e.g.: Our company got the green light to begin to build the new monument in center of our village.

 

Turkish meaning; Yeşil ışık yakmak: Bir şeyin olmasına izin vermek, göz yummak.

  

e.g.: "Onların bize yeşil ışık yakacaklarını hiç sanmıyorum." 

 

 

15)  GIVE (SOMEONE) THE GREEN LIGHT

 

-      To give someone permission to proceed with a project

 

 e.g.: Our boss did not give us the green light to continue our project.

   

16)  GREEN AROUND THE GILLS

 

-      Looking sick

 

e.g.: After long flight my friend looked green around the gills, and I was very pitiful about it.

 

Turkish meaning; Turşusu çıkmak: Çok yorulmak

  

e.g.: Uzun bir yolculuktan sonra arkadashimin turshusu chikmish.

 

 

17)  GREEN –BACK 

 

-      Informal using form of U.S dollar

 

 

e.g.: Hey, dude!!!  Lend me some green backs?!

 

 

Turkish menaning; Yesillik: 20YTL

 

e.g.: Hey, dostum!!! Biraz yesillik borc versene?!

 

18)  GREEN- HOUSE

 

-      A building made of glass in which plants are grown.

 

e.g.: Oh, dear!!! You could save the money for this green house.

 

 

19)  GREEN STUFF

 

-      dollars, money, lettuce

 

e.g.: In those days we had plenty of green stuff, so I bought a Lexus.

  

20)  LITTLE GREEN MAN

 

-      People from the planet Mars

 

e.g.: Did you see the news about the little green man on the TV last night?

  

21)  GREENGROSER

 

-      The person who sells the vegetables and fruits

 

e.g.: Honey, could you go to our greengrocer and buy some vegetables and fruits.