green-eyed monster

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noun

jealousy: Othello fell under the sway of the green-eyed monster.

Origin of green-eyed monster

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words Nearby green-eyed monster

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How to use green-eyed monster in a sentence

Othello was warned to stay away from the ‘green-eyed monster.’
On St. Patrick’s Day, Beware Those Sly Green Eyes | Laura Dimon | March 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is the green-eyed monster which never did and never will improve each shining hour, but quite the reverse.
Somebody's Luggage | Charles Dickens
Beware of jealousy; "it is the green-eyed monster, which doth make the meat it feeds on."
How to be Happy Though Married | E. J. Hardy.
No, nor even with the green-eyed monster Jealousy her unscrupulous effrontery had not hesitated to impute.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
All sorts of things seem to conspire to feed "the green-eyed monster" into a state of fatness.
Nuggets of the New Thought | William Walker Atkinson,

Ah, sweet wife, never let the green-eyed monster trouble the peace of your heart!
The Purple Land | W. H. Hudson

Other Idioms and Phrases with green-eyed monster

green-eyed monster

Jealousy, as in Bella knew that her husband sometimes succumbed to the green-eyed monster. This expression was coined by Shakespeare in Othello (3:3), where Iago says: “O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” It is thought to allude to cats, often green-eyed, who tease their prey. Also see green with envy.

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