Green-Eyed Jealousyor Green-eyed Monster. Expressions used by Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, iii. 2; Othello, iii. 3). As cats, lions, tigers, and all the green-eyed tribe “mock the meat they feed on,” so jealousy mocks its victim by loving and loathing it at the same time. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Green-Eyed Jealousy from Infoplease:
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