the green-eyed monster

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1. Jealousy: “Carl has really been bitten by the green-eyed monster; he gets jealous if his wife so much as talks to another man.” This metaphor was coined by William Shakespeare in his play Othello.

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the green-eyed monster

It perplexed the author that Rebecca was marketed by her publisher as a love story; she viewed it as very dark, and all of its characters as eaten alive by the green-eyed monster.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2020

Can you really vanquish the green-eyed monster with introspection and communication alone?

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018

When it comes to Lola, his protective impulses awaken the green-eyed monster in more insidious ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2016

Last time I checked, there were not a lot of laughs in Shakespeare’s tragedy about a Moorish general beset by the green-eyed monster.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2016

Soon after "Cupid George" departed for the West, Mrs. Bethune became a prey to the "green-eyed monster."

From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by William F. Howe