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
Draper	['dreipə]
Govad	-	Persian Mythology
Helga	HEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian
Leofsige	-	Anglo-Saxon
Karol	KAH-rawl (Polish)	Polish, Slovak, Slovene
KÅRe	KOR-e (Swedish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish