- give the evil eye
- give (someone) the evil eye
to look at someone in an angry or unpleasant way.
I arrived late for the meeting and Steve Thomson gave me the evil eye.
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give someone the evil eye — give (someone) the evil eye to look at someone in an angry or unpleasant way. I arrived late for the meeting and Steve Thomson gave me the evil eye … New idioms dictionary
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