green around the gills
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Other acts are more green around the gills.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2022
Not that I’m keeping score, of course, but I’ve been a little green around the gills — or worse — on whale-watching boats, car ferries, sailboats, kayaks and cruises ships large and small.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2018
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
He did, however, look a little green around the gills, probably from the garlic.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
