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
Ludovicus	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Mckinney	[mə'kini:]
Hussein	-	Arabic
Stoddard	['stɔdəd]
Meera	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
Hossein	-	Persian