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green-eyed monster

noun

  1. jealousy:

    Othello fell under the sway of the green-eyed monster.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of green-eyed monster1

First recorded in 1595–1605
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Idioms and Phrases

Jealousy, as in Bella knew that her husband sometimes succumbed to the green-eyed monster . This expression was coined by Shakespeare in Othello (3:3), where Iago says: “O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” It is thought to allude to cats, often green-eyed, who tease their prey. Also see green with envy .
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Example Sentences

Othello was warned to stay away from the ‘green-eyed monster.’

It is the green-eyed monster which never did and never will improve each shining hour, but quite the reverse.

Beware of jealousy; "it is the green-eyed monster, which doth make the meat it feeds on."

No, nor even with the green-eyed monster Jealousy her unscrupulous effrontery had not hesitated to impute.

All sorts of things seem to conspire to feed "the green-eyed monster" into a state of fatness.

Ah, sweet wife, never let the green-eyed monster trouble the peace of your heart!

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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