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[grease monkey]{n.}, {slang} 1. A person who greases or works on machinery; a mechanic or worker in a garage or gasoline station. •/Hey, grease monkey, fill up my gas tank!/ •/The grease monkey was all dirty when he came out from under the car./ 2. Airplane mechanic. •/Jack was a grease monkey in the Air Force./

[grease one’s palm] or [grease the palm]{slang} 1. To pay a person for something done or given, especially dishonestly; bribe. •/Some politicians will help you if you grease their palms./ 2. To give a tip; pay for a special favor or extra help. •/We had to grease the palm of the waiter to get a table in the crowded restaurant./

[grease the wheels]{v. phr.}, {informal} To do something or act to make something go smoothly or happen in the way that is wanted. •/Mr. Davis asked a friend to grease the wheels so he could borrow money from the bank./ •/William’s father tried to grease the wheels for him to get a new job./

[greasy spoon]{n.}, {informal} Any small, inexpensive restaurant patronized by workers or people in a hurry; a place not noted for its excellence of cuisine or its decor. •/I won’t have time to eat lunch at the club today; I’ll just grab a sandwich at the local greasy spoon./

[great] See: THINK A GREAT DEAL OF.

[great deal] See: GOOD DEAL.

[great Godfrey] or [great guns] or [great Scott]{interj.}, {informal} A saying usually used to show surprise or anger. •/Great Godfrey! Uncle Willie is sitting on top of the flagpole!/ •/Great guns! The lion is out of his cage./ •/Great Scott! Who stole my watch?/

[great guns]{adv. phr.}, {informal} 1. Very fast or very hard. — Usually used in the phrases "blow great guns", "go great guns". •/The wind was blowing great guns, and big waves beat the shore./ •/The men were going great guns to finish the job./ Compare: FAST AND FURIOUS. 2. Very well; successfully. •/Smith’s new store opened last week and it’s going great guns./

[great many] See: GOOD MANY.

[great oaks from little acorns grow] As great oak trees grow from tiny acorns, so many great people or things grew from a small and unimportant beginning, so be patient. — A proverb. •/Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks from little acorns grow./

[Great Scott] See: GREAT GODFREY.

[green] See: GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE or GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL.

[green around the gills] or [pale around the gills]{adj. phr.}, {slang} Pale-faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. •/Bill’s father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills./ •/The car almost hit Mary crossing the street, and she was pale around the gills because it came so close./ — Also used with other prepositions besides "around", as "about", "at", "under", and with other colors, as "blue", "pink", "yellow", "white".

[green-eyed monster]{n. phr.} Jealousy; envy. •/When John’s brother got the new bicycle, the green-eyed monster made John fight with him./

[green power]{n.}, {slang}, {informal} The social prestige or power money can buy one. •/In American political elections the candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them./

[green thumb]{n.}, {informal} A talent for gardening; ability to make things grow. — Considered trite by many. •/Mr. Wilson’s neighbors say his flowers grow because he has a green thumb./

[green with envy]{adj. phr.} Very jealous; full of envy. •/Alice’s girlfriends were green with envy when they saw her new dress./ •/The other boys were green with envy when Joe bought a second-hand car./ Compare: GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

[grief] See: COME TO GRIEF, GOOD GRIEF, GOOD NIGHT(2) or GOOD GRIEF.

[grin and bear it]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be as cheerful as possible in pain or trouble; do something without complaining. •/The doctor told Mrs. Howard that she had to stop eating sweets if she wanted to lose weight, and she tried to grin and bear it./ •/If you must have a tooth drilled, all you can do is grin and bear it./ Compare: MAKE THE BEST OF, PUT UP WITH.

[grind] See: AX TO GRIND.

[grindstone] See: KEEP ONE’S NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE.

[grind to a halt]{v. phr.}, {informal} To slow down and stop like a machine does when turned off. •/The old car ground to a halt in front of the house./ •/The Cardinals' offense ground to a halt before the stubborn Steeler defense./

[grip] See: COME TO GRIPS WITH, LOSE ONE’S GRIP.

[groove] See: IN THE GROOVE.

[gross out]{v.}, {slang} To commit a vulgar act; to repel someone by saying a disgusting or vulgar thing. •/You are going to gross out people if you continue talking like that./

[gross-out session]{n.}, {slang}, {avoidable} A verbal contest between teen-agers in which the object of the game is to see who can be more disgusting or vulgar than anybody else. •/When Jim got home he found his two teen-age sons engaged in a gross-out session; he bawled them out and cut their weekly allowance./