the green-eyed monster
Example Sentences
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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
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth make The meat it feeds on.
From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John
