- stare daggers
- phrasal see look daggers
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stare daggers
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stare daggers — (at someone) see ↑dagger • • • Main Entry: ↑stare … Useful english dictionary
stare daggers at someone — stare daggers (at someone) see ↑dagger • • • Main Entry: ↑stare … Useful english dictionary
look/shoot/stare daggers at — to look at (someone) in an angry way They looked daggers at each other across the table. see also ↑cloak and dagger • • • Main Entry: ↑dagger … Useful english dictionary
look daggers — or stare daggers phrasal to stare angrily < they looked daggers at each other across the table > … New Collegiate Dictionary
look daggers — {v. phr.} To show anger with a look; express hate or enmity by a look or stare; look fiercely. * /The other driver looked daggers at Morris for turning in before him./ * /Mary did not dare talk back to her father, but she looked daggers./ … Dictionary of American idioms
look daggers — {v. phr.} To show anger with a look; express hate or enmity by a look or stare; look fiercely. * /The other driver looked daggers at Morris for turning in before him./ * /Mary did not dare talk back to her father, but she looked daggers./ … Dictionary of American idioms
look\ daggers — v. phr. To show anger with a look; express hate or enmity by a look or stare; look fiercely. The other driver looked daggers at Morris for turning in before him. Mary did not dare talk back to her father, but she looked daggers … Словарь американских идиом
look daggers — verb To stare in a severe, disapproving, or threatening manner, especially without speaking. Before him sat the grim baron, with a face worthy of the father of such a daughter, and looking daggers and ratsbane … Wiktionary
dag·ger — /ˈdægɚ/ noun, pl gers [count] : a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon at daggers drawn chiefly Brit : angry and ready to fight political parties that are at daggers drawn (with each other) look/shoot/stare daggers at : to look at… … Useful english dictionary
glare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scowl, frown, glower; stare. v. i. flare, shine, glitter; blinding light. See light, vision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Harsh light] Syn. dazzle, brightness, flash; see light 1 . 2. [An angry stare] Syn.… … English dictionary for students
