drool with envy

drool with envy

Salivating three feet, a Chinese idiom, pronounced Chu í Xi á ns ā NCH ǐ, refers to the mouth with three feet of saliva, describes the mouth to the extreme. Also describes the extreme envy, want to own. From Zhao ziyue.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 3 of Zhao Zi Yue written by Lao She: "there is a little black and white dog sitting in front of him. He wants to eat some sweet potatoes, whiskers and skin."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. It is used to describe people's red eyes when they see other people's things

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] salivating, greedy [antonym] dismissive, as if worn-out shoes