Name: English Tutor Nick P Noun Phrase (100) The Greem-eyed Monster
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun  Phrase 100. The noun phrase today is the

green-eyed monster. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone has or

Adverbs of degree

gives into or succumbs to the green-eyed monster he or she is very jealous. Yeah.

It's almost like the jealousy is taking over. It's like , it's almost possessing

you. That's what they mean by you give into it. It's maybe a feeling that you

have in your body and you let it take control or you succumb to it. It kind of

overwhelms you. And you know,  maybe you show an ugly side of you. You show your

jealousy. So that's what we say. So it's sometimes referred to as the green-eyed

monster. Okay. Let's continue here. The origin of this term is believed to come

directly from Shakespeare. There are two citings or at least two citings.

there may even be more in the Merchant of Venice the character Portia ... I did

read this one. It was very good... refers to the green-eyed jealousy so that's one

way he uses it however the more obvious one you know,  that directly goes to the

idea of green-eyed monster. The more obvious one is from "Othello. " Here the,  here

is the quote from the character Lago, " Oh beware my lord. " Remember Lord that was a

title for people for nobility people from nobility so that's why I said Lord

here this doesn't mean God or anything this is a reference to someone from

nobility. "Oh beware  my lord jealousy. "   You know,  be careful of jealousy.

"It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on. " All right.

Remember "doth" that's from Middle English.  That actually means like does. So doth,

doth does mock. Mock,  if you make,  if you mock someone you're making fun of them.

You're saying things that's kind of unkind about them or you know or teasing

them in this way.  Mock the meat it feeds on. The meat that it actually eats. Okay.

Let's continue here. This line is believed to refer to cats

who often have green eyes and tease their prey. Yeah. If you've ever seen a

movie or even sometimes a cartoon of a cat they caught a mouse and sometimes

they'll play with it and they'll tease it and they'll move it all around. You

know before they may actually kill it or eat it. That's what , that's what they say.

So they,  they ... the monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on. So the cat

might actually kill and eat the mouse and but first it kind of plays with it and

makes fun of it. Something like that.  That's what we mean. All right. Let's

continue because there's more clues here too. In Shakespeare's time , green was

often connected with illness because sometimes the skin of people took on a

yellow green color. So when you're looking sick you might look a little

yellow. We'd see that , but maybe a little green at the same time. Color when ill.

Green was also associated with stomach pains from eating unripe fruit.

Yeah. We've often heard of this,  especially like a banana for example. If you ate a

banana that was too green. It might make your stomach uncomfortable. It might cause

you pain. So that's another connection there.

All right. So let's,  let's,  let's look at some of the examples here. This is the

way you might hear it used. Also remember with  this green-eyed monster. We have

another idiom in English which we use a lot too. We sometimes could say that

somebody is green with envy. It  also comes directly from this origin , from

Shakespeare's use of green. You know,  during the Middle Ages. So first it meant

like almost like an illness or something that takes over your body. You know,  like

you got to control it. You got to control that jealousy. So let's look at example

number one. Don't let the green-eyed monster get the best of you. Yeah. If it

gets the best of you ...also you know,  it takes control of you and shows your

worst part or your worst qualities. It is not Sally's fault that Tom is attracted

to her and not you. And this is the case where maybe some

girl likes a guy and she's really jealous that , that guy really doesn't

like her. He likes another girl. So we might use it that way. Or number two here. Don't

give in to ...  so again both times you're giving in to your letting something get

the best of you. You're not controlling it. You know,  because we probably deep

down you know there are a lot of people might have some jealous feelings but you

got to try to control them. Don't give in to the green-eyed monster. If your

neighbor buys a big beautiful boat so what ? So what ?

It's not your business. Plus maybe he's putting himself into debt just to get it.

You never know. If he can afford it ,  and you can't well you know,  that's the way it is.

Don't,  don't give in to the green-eyed monster. Don't have that jealousy. Just let

it be. You know go on. Or number three here.  Jane is letting the green-eyed

monster appear. This is another way we might use it.  You can see the jealousy

all over her face. Okay. So now you got it. You know that we do sometimes

hear the noun phrase the green-eyed monster. You also may hear the idiom

that somebody is green with envy.  Although green with envy I think is used

in a little bit of a lighter or less serious sense. Green-eyed monster sounds

a little bit more serious like somebody has lost control and let this jealousy

kind of just take over them and not in a good way,  in a bad way. Okay. Anyway I hope

you got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-