get someone the green light
Meaning: To get or give permission to proceed.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: This expression comes from the green light on a stop light, which indicates that cars can move forward.
More idioms — Daily Life
- get someone the sack — To be fired from one's job.
- get someone the third degree — To be questioned in great detail.
- get something down pat — To do something repeatedly until one knows how to do it without a mistake; to perfect an…
- the gift of gab — The ability to speak easily and well.
- give in — To surrender.
- give someone a hard time — To be difficult with someone; to give someone unnecessary difficulty.
More English idioms
- give someone a piece of one's mind — To confront someone who has behaved badly.
- give someone a ring — To call someone on the telephone.
- give someone a song and dance — To give someone an overly dramatic or unbelievable excuse.
- go against the grain — To be contrary to someone's nature.
- go around in circles — To be confused or lost; to make no progress.
- go bananas — To go crazy; to no longer be able to cope with a situation. To drive someone bananas mean…
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