be green with envy

be green with envy (redirected from to be green with envy)
be green with envy
To be very 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.
See also: envy, green
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See also:
envy
green with envy
green-eyed monster/green with envy
turn green with envy
with a jealous eye
bustle off
a jealous eye
jealous
on the arm of (someone)
for all to see