角つのを生はやす

expression, godan verb (-su)

get jealous (of a woman); grow horns (of jealousy)

Idiomatic expression referring specifically to a woman's jealousy, often with a slightly humorous or old-fashioned tone. The literal image is of a jealous woman sprouting horns like a demon.

• 彼かの女じょは彼かれが他ほかの女じょ性せいと話はなすたびに角つのを生はやす。

  She gets jealous every time he talks to another woman.

• そんなに角つのを生はやさないでよ。

  Don't get so jealous.