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Originally Posted by rocket
A pun or expression?
Sometimes in English people say "green" (a color) when they mean "unripe" (a state of readiness) even for fruit that doesn't turn from green to another color.
"Green troops" is synonymous with "raw recruits". Two metaphorical terms for lack of readiness. Maybe blue has the same connotations in Japanese?
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blue and green aren't differentiated in japanese.... so "green fruit" would probably have been a better choice (meaning unripe fruit in english).