wear yellow stockings

== English == === Etymology === Compare Swedish bära svarta strumpor. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === wear yellow stockings (third-person singular simple present wears yellow stockings, present participle wearing yellow stockings, simple past wore yellow stockings, past participle worn yellow stockings) (idiomatic, obsolete) be jealous === References === “wear yellow stockings” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.