Before revision: figurative meaning of colorless: nondescript figurative meanings of green: (i) immature; (ii) pertaining to environmental consciousness ; (iii) newly formed; (iv) naive figurative meaning of sleep: be in a dormant mental state figurative meaning of furiously: to do an action quickly, vigorously, intensely, energetically or violently When these figurative meanings are taken into account the sentence Colorless green ideas sleep furiously can have legitimate meaning, with less oblique semantics, and so is compatible with the following interpretations: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.= "Nondescript immature ideas have violent nightmares."
After revision: figurative meaning of colorless: nondescript figurative meanings of green: immature, pertaining to environmental consciousness , newly formed, naive, jealous figurative meaning of sleep: be in a dormant , unseen, drab state figurative meaning of furiously: to do an action quickly, vigorously, intensely, energetically or violently When these figurative meanings are taken into account the sentence Colorless green ideas sleep furiously can have legitimate meaning, with less oblique semantics, and so is compatible with the following interpretations: Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.= "Nondescript immature ideas have violent nightmares."