A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations



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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

green house • green room
green house —
1
. building with sides and roof of glass, used
for growing plants that need protection from the weather: Our
selection of green house plants includes all shapes, sizes, and
appearances. 2. (Automobiles) the upper, windowed portion
of a vehicle: The beltline divides the greenhouse, or glassed-
in upper body, from the portion that extends down from the
window sills.… 3. (sl.) a place known for growing or selling
green-colored marijuana: While at location, they discovered
a green house with more than 250 marijuana plants.
green room —(Theater) room for actors when they are not on
the stage: Where a green room was originally provided, it has
been taken by the star or the manager, as his or her private room.
green man • greensman
green man —
1
. a symbol of a walking figure illuminated
green on some pedestrian crossings: When the green man
shows and the traffic has stopped, you can cross. 2. (dated) an
inexperienced man or sailor: I am afraid we would have killed
a green man, traveling and working as we did. 3. commis-
sionaires working outside Harrods (the fashionable London
retail store): Two traditionally dressed Harrod’s “Green Men”
greeted guests at the entrance.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase little green men
1
mysterious extra-terrestrial beings of
science fiction: Her story of being kidnapped by little green
men was sheer absurdity. 2. pulsars (stars detected by pulsating
radio signals only): An entirely novel kind of star was referred
to by astronomers as LGM (Little Green Men).
greensman —(Movie Production) a member of the crew who
decorates the ground with grass, flowers, etc. on an environ-
ment used for filming: Greensmen with water trucks began
work a month before the shooting crew.

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