look+like

  • 61like death — (warmed up) British & Australian, American if you feel or look like death warmed up, you feel or look very ill. I wish I d got to bed earlier last night I feel like death warmed up. The poor guy looked like death warmed over …

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  • 62like something the cat dragged in — look like something the cat brought/dragged in informal if someone looks like something the cat brought in, they are very untidy and dirty. You can t possibly go to school like that you look like something the cat dragged in! …

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  • 63look — [n1] visual examination attention, beholding, case, cast, contemplation, evil eye*, eye*, flash, gander, gaze, glance, glimpse, gun, inspection, introspection, keeping watch, leer, look see*, marking, noticing, observation, onceover, peek,… …

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  • 64like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in — ◇ If you look or feel like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in, you are very dirty or untidy. I need to take a shower–I look like something the cat dragged in. • • • Main Entry: ↑cat …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 65like a cat that got the cream — If someone looks very pleased with themselves and happy, they look like a cat that got the cream …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 66look — look1 W1S1 [luk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(see)¦ 2¦(search)¦ 3¦(seem)¦ 4¦(appearance)¦ 5 look daggers at somebody 6 look somebody up and down 7 look somebody in the eye 8 look down your nose at somebody/something 9 look the other way …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 67look — look1 [ luk ] verb *** ▸ 1 direct eyes at someone/something ▸ 2 search for someone/something ▸ 3 have an appearance ▸ 4 seem ▸ 5 for saying how likely ▸ 6 making someone pay attention ▸ 7 face a direction ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to direct… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 68look — I [[t]l ʊk[/t]] USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND ♦ looks, looking, looked (Please look at category 19 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) VERB If you look in a particular direction, you direct your eyes… …

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  • 69look — 1 /lUk/ verb 1 SEE (I) to turn your eyes towards something, so that you can see it: Sorry, I didn t see I wasn t looking. | If you look carefully you can see that the painting represents a naked man. (+ at): It s time we left, Ian said, looking… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 70look */*/*/ — I UK [lʊk] / US verb Word forms look : present tense I/you/we/they look he/she/it looks present participle looking past tense looked past participle looked 1) [intransitive] to direct your eyes towards someone or something so that you can see… …

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