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green with envy

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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.

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It turned Brer Merlin green with envy and spite, which was a great satisfaction to me. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context The trophies that these Kro-lu left to the meat-eaters would have turned an English big-game hunter green with envy. The People That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

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great
great and the good
great deal
Great minds
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greatest thing since sliced bread
green

green with envy
green-eyed monster
green-fingered
greener
greener pastures
greet/welcome with open arms
grey
grey area

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