green about the gills

释义

1. 不舒服，不適（尤指可以通過外表看出來，如臉色發青）

   idiomatic

   "You're looking rather green about the gills, old chap." "I feel a little chippy to-day." "That's the worst of these cheap champagnes."

   1899, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 6, in A Duet:

   Although he boarded his ship with wristbands and pills intended to ward off any possible queasiness, he did not turn green about the gills.

   為了防止暈船噁心，上船之前，他戴好了腕帶、帶足了暈船藥，不過船開動以後，他並沒有感到什麼不舒服。

   2007年 2月25日，Christopher Elliott，「Strategies to Make More Passengers Maiden Voyagers」，收錄於New York Times，於 2013年9月15日 擷取：