green as grass
Fresh and callow
Green as grass describes complete inexperience or naivety—someone utterly new to a situation and lacking worldly knowledge.
The phrase draws on green's long association with youth and immaturity, like unripe fruit: He arrived at boot camp green as grass.
Often shortened to simply green.
- verdantLush with plants
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- freshNewly made, not stale
- fresh facedYouthful in appearance
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
wet behind the ears · inexperienced · born yesterday · new to the game · emerald · young · newborn · salad days · raw · springtime · meadow · lawn · chlorophyll · vibrant · alive · dewy · tender · unripe
- color simileswhite as snow, black as night, black as coal
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- youth sayingsfountain of youth, salad days, spring chicken, tender age, young at heart
- naivetygreenhorn, newbie, tenderfoot, raw recruit, born yesterday
green as grassseasoned
Flavored or battle-tested
worldly · experienced · veteran · old hand · battle-scarred
green as grasssavvy
Practical shrewdness
worldly-wise · seasoned · streetwise · street-smart · shrewd
green, grass, greens, greener, greenest, greenish, greenery, greening, grasses