gimlet eye
noun
An eye with a piercing stare: Marimee fixed me with a gimlet eye...
- It's difficult to cast a gimlet eye upon a toddler dressed in a pink patent raincoat and pinafore when she stops by your table to let you admire her outfit.
- In fact, his trademark look, beside the gimlet eye, was his absolute, total lack of any buttocks.
- He scrutinised me with gimlet eyes, then smiled and wished me a nice day.
Derivatives
gimlet-eyed
- I am fixed with a gimlet-eyed stare: ‘I find it hard to turn anything else into music.’
- I took my own kids to see it, ready to have my emotions plundered and, sure enough, before it was halfway through, tears were coursing down my cheeks, much to the disgust of the gimlet-eyed gang along the row.
- When I open a beer, I do not want to be reminded of grey-suited, gimlet-eyed executives bludgeoning satire into an early grave.
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