be green with envy
Definition
C2 to be very unhappy because someone has something that you want: Ben's heading off to Spain for the week, and I'm green with envy.Envy and jealousy
(Definition of be green with envy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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