green with envy

green with envy

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.

*green with envy

Fig. appearing jealous; appearing envious. (*Typically: be ~ become ∼.) My new car made my neighbor green with envy. Bill was green with envy that I won first place.
See also: envy, green
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

green with envy

Full of desire for someone's possessions or advantages; extremely covetous. For example, Her fur coat makes me green with envy. Shakespeare described envy as the green sickness ( Anthony and Cleopatra, 3:2), but the current phrase, dating from the mid-1800s, is the one most often heard. Also see green-eyed monster.
See also: envy, green
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

green with envy

If you are green with envy, you very much want to do something that another person is doing or have what they have. She told us she was going to live in Paris and we were all green with envy. This is the most exciting discovery I have made in 20 years of digging. Archaeologists everywhere will be green with envy. Note: This expression is usually used light-heartedly rather than disapprovingly. Note: A greenish-coloured skin on the face was traditionally believed to show jealousy.
See also: envy, green
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

green with envy

very envious or jealous.
See also: envy, green
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌgreen with ˈenvy

very jealous (= wanting something that somebody else has): He was green with envy when he saw their expensive new car.
See also: envy, green
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be green with envy
  • 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)
References in classic literature
The gleaming metal and jewels of the gorgeous ornaments of the men and women, duplicated in the trappings of the zitidars and thoats, and interspersed with the flashing colors of magnificent silks and furs and feathers, lent a barbaric splendor to the caravan which would have turned an East Indian potentate green with envy.
Princess of Mars
It turned Brer Merlin green with envy and spite, which was a great satisfaction to me.
Connecticut Yankee
At first, no result at all crowned my efforts, though I 'divided my swift mind,' now hither, now thither, in a way that I felt sure would have made AEneas green with envy: but the dimly-seen oval remained as provokingly blank as ever--a mere Ellipse, as if in some mathematical diagram, without even the Foci that might be made to do duty as a nose and a mouth.
Sylvie and Bruno
But the two brothers had grown quite green with envy, and only declared the more that Ferko was nothing but a wicked magician.
Yellow Fairy Book
There was enough crazy and rotten rubbish in the building to make a true brick-a-bracker green with envy. A painting in the dining-hall verged upon the indelicate-- but then the Margravine was herself a trifle indelicate.
Tramp Abroad
The trophies that these Kro-lu left to the meat-eaters would have turned an English big-game hunter green with envy. They did, it is true, cut all the edible parts from the rhino and carry them home; but already they were pretty well weighted down with the spoils of the chase, and only the fact that they are particularly fond of rhino-meat caused them to do so.
The People That Time Forgot
STYLISH racegoers were green with envy as Leona Skelly was named Best Dressed yesterday.
Leona's first past post in style stakes
Yellow is but so is green as lawns and GREEN WITH ENVY plants come back to life.
GREEN WITH ENVY
If you are feeling a bit green with envy this coat is still available and is actually reduced from PS279 to PS195 online (although sizes are limited).
dressed to impress
He may have ditched her for a sports star, but Holly is a true diamond in the rough, and it won't be long before she tees up a new man - leaving him green with envy.
Romeo Rory's out of bounds
My brother and cousin are green with envy, being Albion fans, and my wife - a Chelsea fan - smiled politely.
Top of the table; LETTERS
Orly Nail Varnish in Green With Envy 5.3ml | pounds 5 Part of a new minis collection, an aquamarine blue shade of green which is bright and cheerful for summer.
Green fingers
The vehicle features two A-line body-side stripes - either in matte black (standard) or white (optional), new five-spoke cast-aluminium wheels, and premium Dark Slate Nappa leather seats and a centre console that feature Green With Envy accent stitching to tie into the exterior.
-Dodge to launch 'Green With Envy' Challenger R/T
Could Lord Cashcroft be green with envy now he is such close pals with the PM?
Cashcroft's dig at Green taxes