green around the gills

green around the gills

美 　英

• 網絡鰓都青了；鰓發綠；欲吐的樣子

英漢解釋

un.	1. appearing nauseated 2. looking on the point of being sick

例句

Many passengers on the boat began to look green around the gills .

船上的許多乘客看上去要嘔吐了。

He felt green around the gills for hours after his boat ride.

在駕船出游回來后，他有幾個小時都覺得惡心想吐。

You should sit down. You look a bit green around the gills.

你應該坐會兒，你看起來臉色很不好。

Being "green around the gills" is looking pale and sickly.

“滿鰓發綠（greenaroundthegills）”表示面色蒼白，體弱多病。

The car almost hit Mary crossing the street and she was green around the gills because it came so close.

瑪麗過街時，車子幾乎撞上她，她嚇得面無血色，因為只差那么一點。

A pale or sickly child is "green around the gills" .

一個蒼白、病態的孩子是“面露病容的”。