Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

look a gift horse in the mouth
- complain if a gift is not perfect
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"Even if you don`t like the present from your company you shouldn`t complain.
Remember, don`t look a gift horse in the mouth."
look after (someone)
- take care or attend to someone
She has been looking after her mother since her mother's recent illness.
look at (someone) cross-eyed
- look at someone provocatively
When the man in the bus looked at the other man cross-eyed they seemed like they
were going to have a fight.
look at the world through rose-colored glasses
- see only the good things about something, be too optimistic
I told my friend to be more realistic and not to always look at the world through rosecolored
glasses.
look down on (someone or something)
- regard someone or something with contempt or a feeling of superiority
My cousin looks down on the activities and life of most small towns.
look down one`s nose at (someone or something)
- show your dislike of someone or something
He always looks down his nose at the other members of his class.
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