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Difference between In green and In the green

admin Confusing Phrases

in green—

1. wearing green clothes:

  • The Glaistig is a female fairy … sometimes described as a little, stout woman, clothed in green.

2. executed or finished in various shades of green color:

  • The painting is finely executed in green, gold, cream, rust brown and a hint of blue.

in the green—

1. in the period of youthful growth:

  • All disobedience is anarchy, young anarchy, anarchy in the green.

2. (of instruments) showing safe readings:

  • These coolers were installed in Dick Hansen’s Kittyhawk which has had its temperature in the green ever since.