English-Italian translations for green light

• nulla osta
• semaforo verde
  Ci sono altri segnali più favorevoli che danno, per così dire, semaforo verde. There are other, better signals too, a green light as it were.
  Significa anzitutto dar vita a una sorta di green light, un semaforo verde per ogni studio, applicazione o brevetto che ricomprenda le biotecnologie. Above all, it means giving a sort of green light to all studies, applications or patents relating to biotechnologies.
  Naturalmente è eccellente che per la prima volta l'intero settore agricolo abbia ricevuto il semaforo verde, ma non dobbiamo rallegrarci troppo. It is excellent, of course, that the whole agricultural sector has received a green light for the first time, but we should not pat ourselves too hard on the back.

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