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  • Hello everyone!

  • Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.

  • All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,

  • but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.

  • Is everyone ready? Let's begin.

  • Hello everyone!

  • Today's idiom is: raise eyebrows.

  • Raise eyebrows.

  • Alright, so this is a fairly simple idiom.

  • You can see your eyebrows and if you raise your eyebrows, how does that look?

  • Yeah? Maybe shocked?

  • Maybe surprised?

  • Okay? Raise eyebrows.

  • Alright, let's listen to some examples and think about the meaning.

  • How did you feel when the shyest student won the talent contest?

  • It raised some eyebrows.

  • Alright, so a very shy student won the talent contest, it was very surprising, yeah?

  • It raised some eyebrows.

  • Let's listen to the next example.

  • What was the reaction of the people who saw the magic show?

  • It definitely raised some eyebrows.

  • Alright, so maybe the magic show was very shocking, surprising, okay?

  • So, raise eyebrows means something was very shocking or surprising.

  • Sometimes it's in a negative way.

  • For example, my sister got a big tattoo, yeah?

  • It raised some eyebrows when she went to the beach.

  • Oooh.

  • Yeah, it's very shocking and surprising and a little bit negative sometimes.

  • Alright, so you can use the phrase 'raise eyebrows' next time you see something or you did something

  • that was very surprising or shocking, alright?

  • And I hope that you don't raise any eyebrows in your daily life

  • or if you want to, go ahead and raise some eyebrows if you like to be surprising and shocking and keep people on their toes.

  • Alright, I'll see you again next time.

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英語短語55/100:揚眉吐氣。 (Englisch Redewendung 55/100: Raise eyebrows.)

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