Idiom
green as grass
Meaning
Inexperienced or naive.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new intern is green as grass.”
“He was green as grass when he started the job, but he learned quickly.”
“Although he possessed great enthusiasm for the project, he remained as green as grass regarding the complex legal requirements of the industry.”
Examples
simple
“The new intern is green as grass.”
contextual
“He was green as grass when he started the job, but he learned quickly.”
complex
“Although he possessed great enthusiasm for the project, he remained as green as grass regarding the complex legal requirements of the industry.”
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