Envious Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Envious


Envious people are disarmed by their own dispositions, as iron by rust. —Antisthenes	1
Envious as a pretty woman is of another woman, as a banker is of another banker, as a political adversary is of a rival. —Nathaniel Hawthorne	2
Envious as an old maid verging on the desperation of six and thirty. —Richard Brinsley Sheridan	3