| 单词 | if looks could kill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif looks could kill b. if looks could kill and variants: used to denote an expression of hostility in a look.Quot. 1714 appears to be an isolated early example. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > denoting hostility in a look [phrase] if looks could kill1714 1714 J. Ozell tr. Molière Amphitryon iii. ii, in tr. Molière Wks. III. 276 If Looks cou'd bite [Fr. si des regards on pouvait mordre], I shou'd ha' been torn to pieces by this time. 1827 High Life III. xi. 222 Lady Glenallan looked at her, and if looks could kill, Lady Isabel had not lived. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xvi. 216 If ever a face meant death—if looks could kill—we saw it at that moment. 1913 F. L. Barclay Broken Halo xxxvii. 372 If looks could slay, Margaret would not have left that room alive. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger iv. 31 Just then she saw me..and if looks could have killed! 2010 J. Donnelly Revolution (2011) vi. 36 If looks could kill, I'd be vapor. < as lemmas |
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