Idiom
green with envy
Meaning
Consumed by envy; envious to the point where it is noticeable to others.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He was green with envy when he saw my new car.”
“When she got the promotion instead of him, he turned green with envy and stopped speaking to her.”
“Watching her colleague accept the prestigious award, she stood in the back of the room, visibly green with envy at his sudden success.”
Examples
simple
“He was green with envy when he saw my new car.”
contextual
“When she got the promotion instead of him, he turned green with envy and stopped speaking to her.”
complex
“Watching her colleague accept the prestigious award, she stood in the back of the room, visibly green with envy at his sudden success.”
Origin
From green, with and envy.
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