Name: Englisch Redewendung 55/100: Raise eyebrows.
Uploaded: 2015-01-29T13:57:34.000Z
Duration: 2 min 46 s
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Adverbs of manner

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

Modal verbs - B1

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.

Alright, so this is a fairly simple idiom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It raised some eyebrows when she went to the beach.

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.