be green about the gills
humorousDefinition
› to look ill and pale: Matt was out drinking last night and he's a bit green about the gills this morning!Being and falling ill
(Definition of be green about the gills from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be going strong idiom
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be gone on sb idiom
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be good for sth idiom
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be good to go idiom
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be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
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be green with envy idiom
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be gunning for sb idiom
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be half the battle idiom
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be half the dancer, writer, etc. you used to be idiom
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be hard up (for sth) idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- ail verb (BE/MAKE ILL)
- be a martyr to sth idiom
- be laid up idiom
- be out of sorts idiom
- break out phrasal verb (START)
- burnt out adjective (TIRED)
- catch your death of cold idiom
- develop verb (START)
- disagree with sb phrasal verb
- go down with sth phrasal verb
- KO verb
- look/feel like death warmed up idiom
- pick sth up phrasal verb (ILLNESS)
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- strike sb down phrasal verb
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