Смысл: eyebrows

eyebrow[ʹaıbraʋ]
n
<Í> бровь
to raise the eyebrows - поднять брови (в знак удивления, недовольства и т. п.)
this caused a lot of raised eyebrows - это вызвало всеобщее недоумение
eyebrow pencil - карандаш для бровей
♢ up to the eyebrows - ≅ по уши
to hang on by one's eyebrows - а) настойчиво требовать, упорно добиваться; б) быть на краю гибели, висеть на волоске

cause some raised eyebrows Идиома

raise eyebrows

cause surprise or disapproval It really raised eyebrows when she appeared at the party unannounced.

raised eyebrows

shock, surprise, disapproval When Chuck and Di separated it caused some raised eyebrows.

raise (one's) eyebrows

feel shocked；cause surprise or disapproval（使）震惊
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 eyebrows

Theme: 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.

cause some eyebrows to raise

Idiom(s): cause (some) eyebrows to raise

Theme: 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.

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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.

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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.

cause raised eyebrows

cause raised eyebrows
Also, 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.”

cause some aloft eyebrows

To arm-twist shock, surprise, or offense, about through anarchistic accomplishments or words. The byword about suggests abrogating absorption or judgment. Her aweless babble during the commemoration acquired some aloft eyebrows. My best friend's blush beard absolutely acquired some aloft eyebrows at our actual austere school.Learn more: cause, eyebrow, raised

cause (some) eyebrows to accession and account some aloft eyebrows

Fig. to shock people; to abruptness and agitation people. (The aforementioned as accession some eyebrows.) John acquired eyebrows to accession back he affiliated a woman bisected his age. If you appetite to account some eyebrows to raise, aloof alpha singing as you airing down the street.Learn more: and, cause, eyebrow, raise, raised

cause aloft eyebrows

Also, raise eyebrows. Account abruptness or disapproval, as in At academy his amethyst beard usually causes aloft eyebrows. This alteration of a concrete act (raising one's eyebrows) to the animosity it may accurate took abode in the aboriginal 1900s. Lytton Strachey acclimated the appellation in The Eminent Victorians (1918): "The best abiding abbey hardly raises an countenance at it now." Learn more: cause, eyebrow, raised

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