I really envy my children because they are being raised to speak both English and French.
Russia's natural resources are the envy of many countries around the globe.
It's hard not to envy people who seem to have so much natural ability that they are able to pick up a new sport
almost without effort.
The girls gazed in envy at Charlotte as she arrived at the dance with the most popular guy in class.
The dynamic economy of the U. S. is the envy of the world.
I don't envy movie stars; they have no privacy, and can't live a simple life like we
do.
Karl Menninger once said that we need criminals to identify ourselves with, to secretly envy, and to stoutly punish. They do for us the forbidden, illegal things we wish to do.
Jim Rohn once observed that the few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
In matters of
jewelry and fashion, Etruscan women were the envy of the women of both ancient Greece and Rome.
Canada is the envy of the many countries where fresh water is scarce.
There is a Chinese proverb which states that the torment of envy is like a grain of sand in the eye.
There is a Danish proverb which observes that rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself.
Sweden has achieved an enviable standard of living under a mixed system of capitalism, and strong social welfare benefits.
Oscar Levant once remarked, "I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on."
Find someone who envies someone else in this class.