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Hly2004 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

any green in my eyes?

"Can you see any green in my eyes?"

Does that mean "Can you see any inexperience from me?"

or

" Can you see any jealousy from me?"
  

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It probably means the second - but to be honest if you hadn't given these two options I would have taken it as a literal question about eye colour! If someone is green in the inexperienced sense it applies to the whole of them, not just eyes. Jealousy is sometimes called the 'green-eyed monster', which is why I went for that option.

— Nona the brit

  • It probably means the second - but to be honest if you hadn't given these two options I would have taken it as a literal question about eye colour!
  • If someone is green in the inexperienced sense it applies to the whole of them, not just eyes.
  • Jealousy is sometimes called the 'green-eyed monster', which is why I went for that option.
  • But this sentence would not mean much out of a very specific context where people already had jealousy on their minds.
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It probably means the second - but to be honest if you hadn't given these two options I would have taken it as a literal question about eye colour!

If someone is green in the inexperienced sense it applies to the whole of them, not just eyes.

Jealousy is sometimes called the 'green-eyed monster', which is why I went for that option.

But this sentence would not mean much
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AmE doesn't usually use "eyes" in either case.

"Green with jealousy" (perhaps starting with the idea that people turn green when they get nauseous)

"He/she is green" I believe it is short for greenhorn, meaning a novice.
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Thank you~!

I have got it.
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It is definitely not about jealousy. This is an expression with which I am very familiar. It means 'do you think I'm that gullible' and is common in the NW of England
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