English-Finnish translations for green light

• vihreä valo
  Hänen raporttinsa ja hänen kyseiselle valtiolle näyttämänsä vihreä valo ovat rohkea edistysaskel, joka on pannut asioihin vauhtia. His report and his green light for this country represent a bold step forward which has generated momentum.
  Me olemme myös erittäin iloisia siitä, että vihreä valo Lissabonin sopimukselle on nyt paljon voimakkaampi kuin muutama tunti sitten. We are also very pleased that the green light for the Lisbon Treaty is now much stronger than it was a few hours before.
  Ensinnäkin vihreä valo Euroopan teknologiainstituutille, toiseksi jonkinlaista patenttilainsäädäntöä tai edes lupaus sellaisesta ja kolmanneksi yhteinen energiapolitiikka. One: a green light for the EIT; two: some patent legislation, or at least a promise to have it; and three: a common energy policy.

Definition of green light

• A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed
• Approval, or permission to proceed
• A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill

Examples

• The drive home was much faster than usual; somehow we managed to hit every green light
• We have a green light on the project. Work starts today
• Yo man, I heard someone had put a green light out on you, so watch your back

Related words

• give someone the green light
• light green
• greenlight
• light-green