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
Loukianos	-	Ancient Greek
Baily	['beili]
Arianne	a-ree-AHN	French
Clemens	KLE-mens (German)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman
Klaudijs	-	Latvian
Iair	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek