The document defines a number of common idioms and expressions related to colors, specifically those involving the color green or luck. It provides definitions for phrases like "to give someone the green light", "to be green with envy", "greenbacks", "to have a green thumb", "to go green", and others related to being lucky, having luck, or being down on one's luck. It also includes examples sentences using some of the idioms.

1. To give someone the green light
To give someone permission to proceed with a project
To have/to get the green light
To receive a signal to start or continue something
To be green with envy
To be full of envy, very jealous
The grass is always greener on the other side
A place or situation that’s far away or different seems better than where we
are now
To be green
To be inexperienced or immature
To be green around the gills
To feel ill or sick
To have a green thumb (US), to have green fingers (UK)
To have a talent for gardening, to have the ability to make things grow
To go green
To adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle by recycling, minimizing
driving, etc.
Greenbacks
United States paper money
The green room
A waiting room and lounge for performers before and after a performance,
and during the show when they are not onstage
The green‐eyed monster
The feeling of being jealous

2. To have a lucky streak (or a streak of luck)
To have a series of lucky wins in gambling or games
To luck out
To have significant good fortune or opportunity
To thank your lucky stars
To be grateful for having good luck
To push your luck
To try too hard to get a particular result and risk losing what you have
achieved
To be down on your luck
To have a long period of difficulty finding work and earning money
Happy‐go‐lucky
Describes a person who is happy all of the time and doesn’t worry about
anything
As luck would have it
By chance
No such luck
Is used for saying that something good that might have happened didn´t
happen.
Beginner’s luck
Is the unusual success that you have when you start doing something new.
To strike it lucky
To suddenly have some good luck
Lucky dog
A lucky person

3. 1. You can tell by the beautiful flowers in her garden that Nadia really
________________.
2. I was ___________________ when I heard that Jon got a new BMW
last week.
3. They’ve just been _____________________ to build two new
supermarkets in the town.
4. John and Laura just ____________________ to begin working on
cancer research.
5. A man I work with always thinks _________________________ and
always wants to change jobs.
6. Jorge is rather ________________________ and doesn’t have enough
experience to drive the fire truck.
7. I __________________________ that I studied the right things for the
exam.
8. The band _____________________ with their second album which
became an instant best‐seller.
9. Gabriela appears to be a ___________________________ woman,
who enjoys doing everything.
10.Don’t ___________________. Your parents have agreed to pay for
travel expenses; I don’t think it would be wise to ask for more money.
11.It was supposed to be sunny, but ______________________, it rained
on the day of the picnic.
Answers:
1. has a green thumb (or has green fingers)
2. green with envy
3. given the green light
4. got the green light
5. the grass is greener on the other side
6. green
7. thank my lucky stars
8. struck it lucky (or lucked out)
9. happy‐go‐lucky
10. push your luck
11. as luck would have it