green with envy
green with envy
Meaning
- extremely jealous of another person.
- to be unhappy about something.
- upset because someone else has something that you do not have.
- being envious.
- wishing to have someone’s possession.
Example Sentences
- Sally was green with envy when he saw my brand new car.
- Why are you getting green with envy?
- All the participants were green with envy when John was delivering his speech.
- I was green with envy when I came to know that my enemy got into a relationship with my recent crush.
- I could see that all the girls were green with envy when I came out in my new dress.
- When I told Emma about the confirmation letter – she was green with envy.
- My engagement ring made my friends green with envy.
Origin
Long ago, the Greek associated a green complexion with sickness, fear, jealousy, and overproduction of bile in stomach, which gives us a clear image of the origination of the idiom “green with envy.”
It is believed that William Shakespeare made this association popular in Othello as:
“Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on …”
See also: green-eyed monster
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