jealous as a Barbary pigeon

English

Adjective

jealous as a Barbary pigeon (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very jealous.
    • 2020, V. C. Andrews, Beneath the Attic, page 185:
      Rosemary loved her daddy, but she didn't have him long, and she was as jealous as a Barbary pigeon.
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