/?sa?d?a?/alookin which youmoveyoureyesto thesidewithoutturningyourface,showingthat you areannoyedby someone, do notrespectthem, or do notbelievewhat they are saying:(表示生气或不以为然等的)侧目而视,斜眼一瞥The side-eye is asymbolofpassive-aggressivecriticism.侧目而视表达的是一种消极对抗的意思。Isighed,gavehimtheside-eye and told him he waslying.我叹了口气,斜着眼睛看了他一眼,告诉他他在撒谎。More examples
Leosaid havingicicleson thehousewasnormal, but I gave him the side-eye, because I don'tthinkiciclesareevera good thing or anormaloccurrence.
Thepictureshowsabystandergiving thesingerthesideeyeas shewalksdown thestreetin New York City.
The side-eye emoji isperhapsthe mostflexibleemoji inmeaningandusage. It is used toexpressskepticism,irritation,disappointment,irony, andsuspicion.
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See more results ?(Definition ofside-eyefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofside-eye
side-eyeIt will, in fact, be energized by yourside-eye.FromThe AtlanticAnd she turns aside-eyeto middle age.FromChicago TribuneYes, these lists might seem trivial and appear to warrant nothing more than an alacritousside-eye.FromNPRThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/side-eye##