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green with envy

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*green with envy
Fig. appearing jealous; appearing envious. (*Typically: be ~ become ∼.) My new car made my neighbor green with envy. Bill was green with envy that I won first place.
See also: envy, green

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.
See also: envy, green


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It turned Brer Merlin green with envy and spite, which was a great satisfaction to me.
The trophies that these Kro-lu left to the meat-eaters would have turned an English big-game hunter green with envy.
 
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