单词 | yellow with envy |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow with envy (also jealousy) yellow with envy (also jealousy): extremely envious (or jealous). Cf. green with envy (also jealousy) at green adj. and n.1 Phrases 8.Cf. quot. 1770 at sense A. 1b. ΚΠ 1838 Standard 7 Nov. The French admiral is lying sulkily in the bay here, and is looking quite yellow with jealousy. 1843 Graham's Mag. Sept. 123/1 One who cannot represent a wall flower without turning yellow with envy. 1915 W. L. Phelps Robert Browning v. 173 The evident truth is that he had a Satanic pride, that he was yellow with jealousy. 1998 K. Sampson Extra Time 270 Those flags should be gracing a European Cup final, not some well-done-Arsenal backslapping session. I'm yellow with envy. < as lemmas |
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