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green with envy

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  1. 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.

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Nearly made Maud Hinton turn Green with envy and despair.

From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Sanborn, Kate

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