green around the gills
Example Sentences
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Other acts are more green around the gills.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2022
A: I’m pretty sure there will be green beer, green clothes and a few people green around the gills.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2016
Confronting his mother makes my boyfriend green around the gills, and I have no idea how to respond to this.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2016
Slammin’ Sammy, who loved a wager, would bet anything against anybody any time — unless his foe looked green around the gills.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 20, 2015
He did, however, look a little green around the gills, probably from the garlic.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
