green with envy

green with envy
*green with envy
Fig. appearing jealous; appearing envious. (*Typically: be \green with envy; become \green with envy.) •

My new car made my neighbor green with envy.

Bill was green with envy that I won first place.

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{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.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • 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 …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • green with envy — If you are green with envy, you are very jealous …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • green with envy — ˌgreen with ˈenvy idiom very jealous Main entry: ↑greenidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

  • green with envy — very jealous, full of envy The little girl was green with envy when she saw her friend s new bicycle …   Idioms and examples

  • green with envy — envious, wishing to have someone else s property    How I wish I owned your Acura. I m green with envy …   English idioms

  • green with envy — wishing very much that you had what someone else has. Sharon s going off to the south of France for three weeks and we re all green with envy …   New idioms dictionary

  • green with envy — adjective Consumed by envy; envious to the point where it is noticeable to others. See Also: green eyed monster …   Wiktionary

  • green with envy — very envious or jealous. → green …   English new terms dictionary

  • be green with envy — phrase to feel very unhappy because you wish you had something that someone else has Thesaurus: to feel jealous or envioussynonym Main entry: green …   Useful english dictionary

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