He gave me the stink eye when I arrived late.
stink eye
idiomAn unpleasant look (as in a gaze).
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.
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
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blink of an eye
A moment (a very short period of time).
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camel through the eye of a needle
Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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catch the eye
To attract the attention
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close one eye
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
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dry eye
An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.