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green as grass

green as grass adjective: inexperienced or naive.

Adjective

green as grass (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, simile) Inexperienced or naive.

Questions about green as grass

What does green as grass mean?
Green as grass means inexperienced or naive.
What part of speech is green as grass?
Green as grass is an adjective.

Words near green as grass in the dictionary

  1. green arrow
  2. green arrows
  3. green artichoke
  4. green artichokes
  5. green as a gooseberry
  6. green as grass
  7. green asbestos
  8. green ash
  9. green at the gills
  10. green audit
  11. green audits

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