Not so green as I'm cabbage looking

Posted by Gary April 25, 2005In reply to Not so green as I'm cabbage looking posted by Fiona on April 25, 2005

Whats the history of the old Yorkshire saying, I'm not so green as I'm cabbage looking?

I don't know the history. What it means is 'I might be ugly but I'm not naive'. It's still used here in Yorkshire.

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