brow Idioma
browbeat
brown bag it
brown nose
browned off
brownie points
raise an eyebrow
raise eyebrows
raised eyebrows
Admiral Browning
brown
brown bag special
brown bread
brown hatter
brown-nose
brown trout
brownie point
busta browns
James Brown
jimbrowsky
raise (one's) eyebrows
We all raised our eyebrows when we heard that two young men had beaten a tiger to death barehanded．当听到两个年轻人赤手空拳打死一只老虎时，我们不禁为之愕然。
The news that the princess was engaged to a commoner raised eyebrows all over the kingdom．公主与平民订婚的消息使全王国为之震惊。
raise some eyebrows
Idiom(s): raise some eyebrowsTheme: SURPRISE
to shock or surprise people mildly (by doing or saying something). (Some can be replaced with a few, someone's, a lot of, etc.)
• What you just said may raise some eyebrows, but it shouldn't make anyone really angry.
• John's sudden marriage to Ann raised a few eyebrows.
knit one's brow
Idiom(s): knit one's browTheme: DISPLEASURE - FROWN
to wrinkle one's brow, especially by frowning.
• The woman knit her brow and asked us what we wanted from her.
• While he read his book, John knit his brow occasionally. He must not have agreed with what he was reading.
do sth up brown
Idiom(s): do sth up brownTheme: CORRECTNESS
to do something just right. (Folksy. As if one were cooking and trying to make something to have just the right amount of brownish color.)
• Of course I can do it right. I'll really do it up brown.
• Come on, Bob. Let's do it right this time. I know you can do it up brown.
cause some eyebrows to raise
Idiom(s): cause (some) eyebrows to raiseTheme: SHOCK
to shock people; to surprise and dismay people.
• John caused eyebrows to raise when he married a poor girl from Toledo.
• If you want to cause some eyebrows to raise, just start singing as you walk down the street.
by the sweat of one's brow
Idiom(s): by the sweat of one's browTheme: EFFORT
by one's efforts; by one's hard work.
• Tom raised these vegetables by the sweat of his brow.
• Sally polished the car by the sweat of her brow.
Knit your brows
If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried.brown paper bag|bag|brown|paper
n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon An unmarked police car. The beaver got a Christmas card because she didn't notice the brown paper bag at her back door. See: PLAIN WHITE WRAPPER.brown study|brown|study
n. phr. A time of deep thought about something; a deep thoughtful mood. When his wife found him, he had pushed away his books and was in a brown study.brown-bagger|bagger|brown
n., slang, informal A person who does not go to the cafeteria or to a restaurant for lunch at work, but who brings his homemade lunch to work in order to save money. John became a brown-bagger not because he can't afford the restaurant, but because he is too busy to go there.brown-nose|brown|nose
v., slang, avoidable, though gaining in acceptance To curry favor in a subservient way, as by obviously exaggerated flattery. Max brown-noses his teachers, that's why he gets all A's in his courses.Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
by the sweat of one's brow|brow|sweat
adv. phr. By hard work; by tiring effort; laboriously. Even with modern labor-saving machinery, the farmer makes his living by the sweat of his brow.cause eyebrows to raise|cause|eyebrow|eyebrows|rai
v. phr. To do something that causes consternation; to shock others. When Algernon entered Orchestra Hall barefoot and wearing a woman's wig, he caused eyebrows to raise.do up brown|brown|do
v. phr., slang To do in a thorough or complete way. When Jim does a job, he does it up brown.highbrow
adj. Very well educated or even over-educated; belonging to the educated middle class; sophisticated. Certain novels are not for everyone and are considered as highbrow entertainment.Antonym: LOW BROW.
lowbrow
n. A person of limited culture; a nonintellectual. Some people claim that only lowbrows read the comics.Antonym: HIGH BROW.
raise eyebrows|eyebrow|eyebrows|raise
v. phr. To shock people; cause surprise or disapproval. The news that the princess was engaged to a commoner raised eyebrows all over the kingdom.brow
browsee by the sweat of one's brow; cause raised eyebrows.
brown bagger
brown baggerA person who brings his or her own supplies, as in The architects of the new office designed a space for brown baggers to eat lunch. The term originated in the 1930s in Britain for very serious students who carried their books about with them in brown briefcases or bags. That usage crossed the Atlantic within a few decades. However, in America from the 1960s on, it has primarily been used for persons who brought their own liquor in a brown paper bag, either legitimately or surreptitiously, to a public place or restaurant not licensed to sell it, or for those who took their lunch to work.
brown study, in a
brown study, in aDaydreaming or deeply contemplative, as in Margaret sits in the library, in a brown study. This term dates from the late 1500s, and although by then in a study had long meant “lost in thought,” the reason for adding brown is unclear. Moreover, the present idiom also is ambiguous, some holding that it denotes genuine thoughtfulness and others that it signifies absentmindedness.
cause raised eyebrows
cause raised eyebrowsAlso, raise eyebrows. Cause surprise or disapproval, as in At school his purple hair usually causes raised eyebrows. This transfer of a physical act (raising one's eyebrows) to the feelings it may express took place in the early 1900s. Lytton Strachey used the term in The Eminent Victorians (1918): “The most steady-going churchman hardly raises an eyebrow at it now.”
eyebrow
eyebrowsee cause raised eyebrows.
sweat of one's brow
sweat of one's browsee by the sweat of one's brow.
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as snug as a bug in a rug
as sober as a judge
as soft as silk
as soon as
as soon as possible
as stiff as a poker
as such
as sure as fate
as sweet as honey
as the case may be
as the crow flies
as the night follows the day
as the saying goes
as the years go by
as they say
as thin as wafer
as though
as time goes by
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