| 词汇 | green with envy |
| 释义 | Idiom green with envy Theme: ENVY envious; jealous.When Sally saw me with Tom, she turned green with envy. She likes him a lot.I feel green with envy whenever I see you in your new car. Idiom 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. green with envyVery jealous of another person. My daughter loves being on stage, so she is just green with envy that Alice got the lead in the school play. When I was a kid, I threw my brother's birthday cake on the floor because I was green with envy that it wasn't my birthday. *green with envyFig. 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. green with envyFull of desire for someone's possessions or advantages; extremely covetous. For example, Her fur coat makes me green with envy. Shakespeare described envy as the green sickness ( Anthony and Cleopatra, 3:2), but the current phrase, dating from the mid-1800s, is the one most often heard. Also see green-eyed monster. green with envyIf you are green with envy, you very much want to do something that another person is doing or have what they have. She told us she was going to live in Paris and we were all green with envy. This is the most exciting discovery I have made in 20 years of digging. Archaeologists everywhere will be green with envy. Note: This expression is usually used light-heartedly rather than disapprovingly. Note: A greenish-coloured skin on the face was traditionally believed to show jealousy. green with envyvery envious or jealous.ˌgreen with ˈenvyvery jealous (= wanting something that somebody else has): He was green with envy when he saw their expensive new car. |
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