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look in the eye |
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look somebody in the eye/eyes to look directly at someone without fear or shame Look me in the eyes and tell me the truth. I felt so embarrassed - I just couldn't look him in the eye. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older; and yet it was not so much these tokens of a swift physical decay that arrested the lawyer's notice, as a look in the eye and quality of manner that seemed to testify to some deep-seated terror of the mind. I had resigned the hope of cleansing his name from the stain that rested on it--a stain still, no matter how little it might look in the eye of the Law. I would put myself in the attitude to look in the eye an abstract truth, and I cannot. |
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