be green about the gills

be green about/around the gills

(humorous)

to look ill, as if you are going to vomit He was out drinking last night, was he? I thought he looked a bit green about the gills this morning.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Beata	be-AH-tah (Polish, German)	Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Yngve	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Zahir	-	Arabic, Bengali, Punjabi
Taline	-	Armenian
Albert	['ælbət]
Egbert	EG-bərt (English), EKH-bərt (Dutch)	English, Dutch