(be) up to your eyebrows in something
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raise your eyebrows (at something) — raise your ˈeyebrows (at sth) idiom often passive to show that you disapprove of or are surprised by sth • Eyebrows were raised when he arrived without his wife. Main entry: ↑raiseidiom … Useful english dictionary
knit your eyebrows — knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
knit your brows — knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
knit your brow/brows — to move your eyebrows together in a way that shows that you are thinking about something or are worried, angry, etc. She knit her brow and asked what I was doing. • • • Main Entry: ↑knit … Useful english dictionary
raise — raise1 W1S2 [reız] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move higher)¦ 2¦(increase)¦ 3¦(collect money)¦ 4¦(improve)¦ 5¦(start a subject)¦ 6¦(cause a reaction)¦ 7¦(move eyes or face)¦ 8¦(move upright)¦ 9¦(children)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
raise — 1 /reIz/ verb (T) 1 MOVE a) to move or lift something to a higher position, place, or level: Can you raise your arm above your head? | They re thinking of raising the ceiling in the kitchen. | The teacher raised his finger to his lips for silence … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Characters in Famicom Tantei Club Part II — is a text based adventure game released by Nintendo in 1989 for the Famicom Disk System. The original version was released in two discs in 1989, and the game was ported to the Super Famicom and the Game Boy Advance several years later. The Super… … Wikipedia
pluck — pluck1 [plʌk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(pull something)¦ 2 pluck your eyebrows 3¦(take somebody/something away)¦ 4¦(chicken)¦ 5 pluck up (the) courage (to do something) 6¦(music)¦ 7 pluck something out of the air 7 pluck something out of thin air Phrasal… … Dictionary of contemporary English
eyebrow — eye|brow [ˈaıbrau] n 1.) the line of hair above your eye ▪ thick bushy eyebrows 2.) raise your eyebrows to move your eyebrows upwards in order to show surprise or disapproval ▪ Really? she said, raising her eyebrows. ▪ This decision caused a few… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pluck — pluck1 [ plʌk ] verb * 1. ) transitive to pull the feathers off the body of a dead bird so that it can be cooked: a plucked chicken a ) MAINLY LITERARY to pull a piece of fruit from a tree, or a flower or leaf from a plant: PICK b ) to pull a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
