green-eyed monster

Idioms In English

What Does “green-eyed monster” mean?

Definition:

envy, jealousy, covetousness

Example(s)

1. “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock
The meat it feeds on.”
William Shakespeare
2. His success aroused the green-eyed monster in his friend.

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