wear yellow stockings

English

Etymology

Compare Swedish bära svarta strumpor.

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Verb

wear yellow stockings (third-person singular simple present wears yellow stockings, present participle wearing yellow stockings, simple past wore yellow stockings, past participle worn yellow stockings)

1. (idiomatic, obsolete) be jealous

References

• “wear yellow stockings” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.