Idiom
wear yellow stockings
Meaning
be jealous
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He wears yellow stockings whenever his friend talks to someone else.”
“She started wearing yellow stockings the moment her partner mentioned his new coworker.”
“Although he tried to hide his true feelings, his tendency to wear yellow stockings whenever she received attention betrayed his deep insecurity.”
Examples
simple
“He wears yellow stockings whenever his friend talks to someone else.”
contextual
“She started wearing yellow stockings the moment her partner mentioned his new coworker.”
complex
“Although he tried to hide his true feelings, his tendency to wear yellow stockings whenever she received attention betrayed his deep insecurity.”
Origin
Compare Swedish bära svarta strumpor.
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