blue around the gills

1. Nauseated. After all that drinking last night, I sure am blue around the gills today. The steady rocking of the boat caused Colleen to be blue around the gills.

2. Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really blue around the gills!

blue around the gills

and green around the gills

1. mod. ill; nauseated. How about a little air? I feel a little green around the gills.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Marty—now thoroughly green around the gills—slid neatly under the table, and everyone pretended not to notice.

See also: around, blue, gill

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

get (someone) around the table
get around the table
find way around
around (one's) ears
bomb around
go around and around
gaze around
gaze around at (someone or something)
feel around
feel around (for someone or something)

References in classic literature

My heart fell down amongst my lungs and livers and things, and a hard piece of corn-crust started down my throat after it and got met on the road with a cough, and was shot across the table, and took one of the children in the eye and curled him up like a fishing-worm, and let a cry out of him the size of a warwhoop, and Tom he turned kinder blue around the gills, and it all amounted to a considerable state of things for about a quarter of a minute or as much as that, and I would a sold out for half price if there was a bidder.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Texas House is sprinkled with contests of both kinds, with presumably safe Republican districts in play and swing districts with incumbent Republicans looking a little blue around the gills.

Analysis: A few Texas Republicans are singing the blues

You could scan the national newspapers until you're blue around the gills but be hard-pressed indeed to find a quote from a major administration official acknowledging a particular death of a U.S.

While you were sleeping

词组	blue around the gills
释义	blue around the gills blue around the gills 1. Nauseated. After all that drinking last night, I sure am blue around the gills today. The steady rocking of the boat caused Colleen to be blue around the gills. 2. Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really blue around the gills! See also: around, blue, gill Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. blue around the gills and green around the gills 1. mod. ill; nauseated. How about a little air? I feel a little green around the gills. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Marty—now thoroughly green around the gills—slid neatly under the table, and everyone pretended not to notice. See also: around, blue, gill McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: get (someone) around the table get around the table find way around around (one's) ears bomb around go around and around gaze around gaze around at (someone or something) feel around feel around (for someone or something) References in classic literature My heart fell down amongst my lungs and livers and things, and a hard piece of corn-crust started down my throat after it and got met on the road with a cough, and was shot across the table, and took one of the children in the eye and curled him up like a fishing-worm, and let a cry out of him the size of a warwhoop, and Tom he turned kinder blue around the gills, and it all amounted to a considerable state of things for about a quarter of a minute or as much as that, and I would a sold out for half price if there was a bidder. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Texas House is sprinkled with contests of both kinds, with presumably safe Republican districts in play and swing districts with incumbent Republicans looking a little blue around the gills. Analysis: A few Texas Republicans are singing the blues You could scan the national newspapers until you're blue around the gills but be hard-pressed indeed to find a quote from a major administration official acknowledging a particular death of a U.S. While you were sleeping
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