dag Idioma

look daggers

look angry, look with hateful eyes Ginny looked daggers at me when I kissed her boyfriend.

dag

a general exclamation [euph. for DAMN!]

daggy

gross; beaten up; in a poor state of repair. This is often used to refer to a trampy, greasy-looking person:"What a dog! Ewwww, he's soooo daggy!"

look daggers at

Idiom(s): look daggers at sb

Theme: ENMITY

to give someone a dirty look.
• Tom must have been mad at Ann from the way he was looking daggers at her.
• Don't you dare look daggers at me! Don't even look cross-eyed at me!

cloak-and-dagger

Idiom(s): cloak-and-dagger

Theme: SECRECY

involving secrecy and plotting. (Fixed order.)
• A great deal of cloak-and-dagger stuff goes on in political circles.
• A lot of cloak-and-dagger activity was involved in the appointment of the director.

At daggers drawn

If people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry and close to violence.

cloak and dagger

mysterious: "Who's arranging the party? I don't know - it's all very cloak and dagger at the moment."

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adj. Of or about spies and secret agents. It was a cloak-and-dagger story about some spies who tried to steal atomic secrets. The book was written by a retired colonel who used to take part in cloak-and-dagger plots. (From the wearing of cloaks and daggers by people in old adventure stories.)
Compare: BLOOD AND THUNDER.

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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.

dagger

dagger
In addition to the idiom beginning with daggers, also see look daggers.

daggers drawn, at

daggers drawn, at
Also, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800.

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