Idiom
stink eye
Meaning
An unpleasant look (as in a gaze).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He gave me the stink eye when I arrived late.”
“When I accidentally bumped into her at the store, she gave me the stink eye and walked away.”
“Despite his polite words, the look in his eyes was clearly the stink eye, revealing his deep resentment toward the new policy.”
Examples
simple
“He gave me the stink eye when I arrived late.”
contextual
“When I accidentally bumped into her at the store, she gave me the stink eye and walked away.”
complex
“Despite his polite words, the look in his eyes was clearly the stink eye, revealing his deep resentment toward the new policy.”
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