She looked green about the gills, but then she always did.

Why, you look a bit green about the gills.

"He has been somewhat green about the gills for the past few days as it is.

We began to feel a bit green about the gills, and we weren't the only ones.

The new deputy fiscal managed a dutiful smile, but she was still green about the gills.

At its centre knelt Dan, somewhat green about the gills and red about the hooter.

You're looking rather green about the gills, old chap.' '

"Needless to say," echoed Mirabelle, green about the gills beneath her makeup.

"A little green about the gills."

Yush - you're quite right, Mick - if you ask me - ' He lurched suddenly, his face green about the gills.

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

Somewhat whiter than the surgical linens-which were quite a disgraceful shade of gray, truth be told-and a bit green about the gills, but still there.

You want to keep going until the animal that is your burden-your tiger, your rhinoceros, whatever-is properly green about the gills with seasickness.

The notion made her vomit; though it is true she had already eaten an extraordinary amount of sugar-cane, and was already looking green about the gills.'

He was red-eyed, pale, and still slightly green about the gills, but was at least upright and reasonably sober, seated beside Jamie's table.

The ship's youngesper , DianaVertue , was looking distinctly green about the gills from being tossed around by thepinnace's sudden changes in direction.

Gus White, who had been sitting between Fazetti and Webber, went green about the gills, leapt to his feet and was sick in the corridor outside.

You look green about the gills-" "All right, I deserved that-" "-and there's plenty of time to go into diplomatic matters.

When the smoke had cleared and the commotion ceased, Callahan, the Doc and I were the only survivors, and even the indomitable Callahan looked green about the gills.

The leeches swelled up, turned blue-black like blood blisters, trembled slightly and ever more slightly, and as soon as they were full and easily detachable, Tulla, now green about the gills, tossed them into a second tin can.

CHAPTER 17 CmEF O'BRIEN still felt a wee tad green about the gills, despite (or due to) having digested his fair share of an extract of the native plant life.

Then about half past ten when Mr Austin was leaving, I was in the hall, and got him his coat, and he was just sort of green about the gills, as if he had been laid out in the ring.

By now my interlocutors, who are apt to be young and sensitive souls, much perturbed by the effect that German-led interest rates have already had on their standard of living, tend to be looking a bit peaky and green about the gills.