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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Jealous
 
  Jealous as a barren wife.
            —William Congreve		  1
  Jealous as a pet greyhound.
            —Victor Hugo		  2
  Jealous as a Spaniard.
            —Victor Hugo		  3
  Jealous as a Spanish miser.
            —Charles Macklin		  4
  As jealous as a nine-day’s lover.
            —Henry. C. Merivale		  5
  Jealous as a Barbary cock pigeon over his hen.
            —William Shakespeare		  6
  Jealous as a cat.
            —Giovanni Torriano (Italian Proverbs)		  7
  Jealous as a couple of hairdressers.
            —Richard Chenevix Trench		  8
  Jealous as a Venetian.
            —Voltaire		  9
 
 
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