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green around the gills
adjective as in sick
Example Sentences
Then, when you wake up green around the gills from a little too much Jameson, stir up a revitalizing green soup or smoothie.
Other acts are more green around the gills.
He did, however, look a little green around the gills, probably from the garlic.
Don’t go into that conversation as the sort of good cop/bad cop dynamic you’ve had, where you want something and your fiancé turns green around the gills and doesn’t commit to anything.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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