half-ripe

Why I am Scared of 4th St. Because I have been, as dd_b put it earlier in the week, sitting under the short story tree: that is, half-ripe short stories keep falling down around me, many of them hitting me on the head.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway dd_b 2010

Why I am Scared of 4th St. Because I have been, as dd_b put it earlier in the week, sitting under the short story tree: that is, half-ripe short stories keep falling down around me, many of them hitting me on the head.

mrissa: Why I am Scared of 4th St. mrissa 2010

The giant lizard the color of a half-ripe guava was sitting in front of this wall, pretending to be one of the animals at the feet of the Lord Buddha.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

They should have said something like, The suspect was educated in a school with two-foot-long lizards the color of half-ripe guavas hiding in its cupboards …

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

In fresh, half-ripe form, Bel is used as an antidote for treating diarrhea, hepatitis, TB, dysentery, and dyspepsia.

Archive 2006-04-01 2006

It was light green in color, like a half-ripe guava.

THE WHITE TIGER Aravind Adiga 2008

In fresh, half-ripe form, Bel is used as an antidote for treating diarrhea, hepatitis, TB, dysentery, and dyspepsia.

Summertime Refreshment 2006

Verjus, literally translated as “green juice” and pronounced “vair-ZHOO,” is the fresh, unfermented juice of half-ripe fruit, most often grapes.

Over the Barrel 2005

She specified "half-ripe mangoes" and the note said "Since these are what most commonly pass for mangoes in the Western world, they should not be hard to find" !

Spice twist- Mango Cardamom chutney 2006

Wamba could not be prevented from lingering occasionally on the road, upon every pretence which occurred; now catching from the hazel a cluster of half-ripe nuts, and now turning his head to leer after a cottage maiden who crossed their path.

Ivanhoe 2004