green as a gooseberry in English

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "very young and inexperienced",
          "word": "grün hinter den Ohren"
        },
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          "roman": "molokó na gubáx ne obsóxlo",
          "sense": "very young and inexperienced",
          "word": "молоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло"
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  "word": "green as a gooseberry"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very young and inexperienced",
      "word": "grün hinter den Ohren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "molokó na gubáx ne obsóxlo",
      "sense": "very young and inexperienced",
      "word": "молоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло"
    }
  ],
  "word": "green as a gooseberry"
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"green as a gooseberry" meaning in English

Adjective