( Elle est verte!) Think of The Incredible Hulk We say purple with rage in English. Être vert(e) de rage is used when you’re very, very mad. This can be used for humans, though.Ĭouper en vert means to harvest a plant before it’s ready.Įn voir des vertes et des pas mûres is an expression that means someone has said something pretty spicy things to someone. The idea comes from the idea that once a horse is finished with a racing career, he’s put out to pasture (retired). Mettre au vert without the reflexive pronoun is often presented in the past tense: mis au vert and means put out to pasture. The other meaning is less literal: it means to go on the run (from the police, for example). The first is to go out into the countryside for a relaxing rest. Both are referring to la verdure (the greenery) – either outside or on your plate. The other is when you’re watching your diet. The first refers to being out in the country. “Vert” by itself isn’t a verb, but it’s used in some verbs. The same thing can be found on The Statue of Liberty in New York. Have you ever had a penny that had a green spot on it? This is called le vert-de-gris, and it’s just a green tinge that forms on copper. Le vert means green, green light (in traffic), vegetation, and the countryside.Īs a proper noun, les Verts is referring to The Greens, a green-ecologist political group that dissolved in 2010. En plus, c’est ma couleur préférée (plus, it’s my favorite color). To celebrate the return of Spring, we’re going to focus on the use of vert in French. Along with their many associations, colors play an important role in language. Le vert (green) is often associated l’argent et les finances (money and finances), l’avidité (greed), la jalousie (jealousy), l’ambition (ambition), la stabilité (stability), and la renaissance (rebirth). Flowers are blooming, bees are hard at work, and all that was brown has become green. La nature et vos allergies sont revenues à la vie (Nature and your allergies have come back to life). Le printemps (spring) has officially sprung - even if parts of the east coast in the USA still have a white blanket of snow.
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