look daggers

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. 2013.

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  • 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

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