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
Roscoe	RAHS-ko	English
BelgİN	-	Turkish
Jadon	JAH-dən (English), JAY-dən (English)	Biblical
&Thorn;ÓRhildr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Caris	KAHR-is	English (Rare)
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian