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词组 blue around the gills
释义
Idiom
pale around the gills and blue around the gills; green around the gills
Theme: HEALTH - POOR
looking sick. (Informal. The around can be replaced with about.)
John is looking a little pale around the gills. What's wrong?Oh, I feel a little green about the gills.

Slang
blue around the gills and green around the gills
Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL
mod. alcohol intoxicated.
In the middle of the drink, I knew I was getting blue around the gills.Marty—now thoroughly green around the gills—slid neatly under the table, and everyone pretended not to notice.
Theme: SICKNESS
mod. ill; nauseated.
You are looking a little blue around the gills.How about a little air? I feel a little green 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!

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.
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