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Tienes mala cara
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I'd like to know why green is associated with envy. We also say "verde de envidia".
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Shakespeare mentions it in The Merchant of Venice when Portia states: "How all the other passions fleet to air, as doubtful thoughts and rash embraced despair and shuddering fear and green-eyed jealousy!" (wiki ) |
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In some cultures, green eyes have been associated with the devil... but that's different from the skin colour one gets when being in a bad mood.
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Perhaps you are confusing cause and effect - the US notes were printed green because of the association with envy.
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Sí eso es
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