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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • envy
  • green with envy
  • bustle off
  • for all (the world) to see
  • for all to see
  • cool as a cucumber
  • cucumber
  • (as) cool as a cucumber
  • be (as) cool as a cucumber
  • be the envy of (someone or something)
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I'm not saying that the relatively mature skilled nursing home industry should be green with envy because assisted living, its rapidly growing sister industry, still has plenty of room for growth - at least, I'm not saying that exactly.
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