Фразеологизмы со словом look

be looking up

things are looking up

Informal way to say that conditions are improving.

Things are looking up at our university as the governor promised a 5% salary raise.

Prospects for building that new library in the downtown area are looking up.

The board chairman is glad to report that things are looking up for the company after several years of declining sales.

butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth

You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are not sincere.

Волк в овечьей шкуре.

She looks like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but she has broken so many hearts.

Она выглядит такой невинной, но разбила так много сердец.

The new secretary was rude to the other workers, but when she talked to the boss, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

dirty look

A look that shows dislike.

Miss Parker sent Joe to the principal's office for giving her a dirty look.

feel small

look small

To have the impression that one is insignificant, foolish, or humiliated.

"I feel small next to Hemingway," the young student of creative writing said.

if looks could kill

Если бы взгляды могли убивать; убийственно злобный взгляд; если бы взглядом можно было убить.

If looks could kill, then the look he gave me would have killed me at once.

Если бы взглядом можно было убить, то взгляд, которым он на меня посмотрел, убил бы меня тотчас же.

like looking for a needle in a haystack

look for a needle in a haystack

Something that will be very hard to find.

"I lost my class ring somewhere in the front yard," said June.
Jim answered, "Too bad. That will be like finding a needle in a haystack."

look a gift horse in the mouth

don't look a gift horse in the mouth

To complain if a gift is not perfect. A proverb. Usually used with a negative.

John gave Joe a baseball but Joe complained that the ball was old. His father told him not to look a gift horse in the mouth.

look after

see after

To watch over; attend to.

Grandma will look after the baby while we go to the lecture.

John's mother told him to look after his younger brother.

When he went to Europe, Mr. Jenkins left his son to see after the business.