blue around the gills

blue around the gills
AND green around the gills
1. mod. ill; nauseated.
□ You are looking a little blue around the gills.
□ How about a little air? I feel a little green around the gills.
2. mod. alcohol intoxicated.
□ In the middle of the drink, I knew I was getting blue around the gills.
□ Marty—now thoroughly green around the gills—slid neatly under the table, and everyone pretended not to notice.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • blue\ around\ the\ gills — • green around the gills • pale around the gills • blue around the gills See: green around the gills adj. phr. slang Pale faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. Bill s father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough,… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • blue around the gills — See: GREEN AROUND THE GILLS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blue around the gills — See: GREEN AROUND THE GILLS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blue around the gills —    If a person looks blue around gills, (or green or pale) they look unwell or sick.     You should sit down. You look a bit blue around the gills …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • green around the gills — or[pale around the gills] {adj. phr.}, {slang} Pale faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. * /Bill s father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills./ * /The car… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • green around the gills — or[pale around the gills] {adj. phr.}, {slang} Pale faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. * /Bill s father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills./ * /The car… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • green\ around\ the\ gills — • green around the gills • pale around the gills • blue around the gills See: green around the gills adj. phr. slang Pale faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. Bill s father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough,… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pale\ around\ the\ gills — • green around the gills • pale around the gills • blue around the gills See: green around the gills adj. phr. slang Pale faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. Bill s father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough,… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • pale around the gills — See: GREEN AROUND THE GILLS …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • pale around the gills — See: GREEN AROUND THE GILLS …   Dictionary of American idioms

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