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[look] See: DIRTY LOOK.
[look after] also [see after]{v.} To watch over; attend to. •/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./ Syn.: TAKE CARE OF(1). Compare: LOOK OUT(3).
[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 alive]{v.} Act lively; be quick; wake up and work; be busy; hurry. — Often used as a command. •/"Look alive there," the boss called./
[look as if butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth] See: BUTTER WOULDN’T MELT IN ONE’S MOUTH.
[look as if one has come out of a bandbox]{v. phr.}, {informal} To look very clean and fresh; look as if you had just had a bath and put on all-new clothing. •/In spite of the long, hot train ride, Jody arrived looking as if she had come out of a bandbox./ •/After a day at the rodeo we were all dusty and tired except for Hope, who looked as if she’d come out of a bandbox./
[look at]{v.} To have a way of thinking or feeling toward; think about something in a certain way. •/Is he a hero or a villain? That depends on how you look at it./ •/Depending on how you looked at it, the tea party could be called a pleasure or a bore./
[look at the world through rose-colored glasses] or [see with rose-colored glasses]{v. phr.} To see everything as good and pleasant; not see anything hard or bad. •/When Jean graduated from high school, she looked at the world through rose-colored glasses./ •/If you see everything through rose-colored glasses, you will often be disappointed./
[look back]{v.} To review the past; think of what has happened. •/As John looked back, his life seemed good to him./ •/Murphy looked back on his early struggles as having made him feel especially alive./ •/When Ed applied for a job and asked the school to recommend him, the principal looked back over his records./
[look bleak]{v.} To indicate misfortune; appear threatening or ruinous. •/As prices dropped lower and lower, things looked bleak for Henry’s company./ •/Many witnesses gave testimony against Jerry and his case looked bleak./ •/The future looked bleak when Father got hurt and could not work./
[look daggers]{v. phr.} To show anger with a look; express hate or enmity by a look or stare; look fiercely. •/The other driver looked daggers at Morris for turning in before him./ •/Mary did not dare talk back to her father, but she looked daggers./
[look down on] also [look down upon]{v.} To think of (a person or thing) as less good or important; feel that (someone) is not as good as you are, or that (something) is not worth having or doing; consider inferior. •/Mary looked down on her classmates because she was better dressed than they were./ •/Jack looked down on Al for his poor manners./ •/Miss Tracy likes tennis but she looks down on football as too rough./
[look down one’s nose at]{v. phr.}, {informal} To think of as worthless; feel scorn for. •/The banker’s wife has beautiful china cups, and she looked down her nose at the plastic cups that Mrs. Brown used./ •/Harry has never had to work, and he looks down his nose at people in business./ •/Jerry was the athlete who looked down his nose at the weak student./
[look for]{v.} 1. To think likely; expect. •/We look for John to arrive any day now./ •/The frost killed many oranges, and housewives can look for an increase in their price./ •/Bob wouldn’t go for a ride with the boys because he was looking for a phone call from Julie./ 2. To try to find; search for; hunt. •/Fred spent all day looking for a job./ •/Mary and Joe looked for the Smiths at the play./ 3. To do things that cause (your own trouble); make (trouble) for yourself; provoke. •/Joe often gets into fights because he is always looking for trouble./ •/If you say the opposite of everything that others say, you are looking for a quarrel./
[look for a needle in a haystack] See: NEEDLE IN A HAY STACK.
[look forward to]{v.} 1. To expect. •/At breakfast, John looked forward to a difficult day./ 2. To expect with hope or pleasure. •/Frank was looking forward to that evening’s date./
[look high and low for]{v. phr.} To look everywhere; search all over. •/Everyone has been looking high and low for the lost key but no one could find it./
[look-in]{n.}, {informal} A chance or hope. — Usually used with a negative. •/It wasn’t much of a look-in, but it was the only chance they let him have./ •/Charlie didn’t realize it, but he never had a look-in with Bonnie./
[look in on]{v.} To go to see; make a short visit with; make a call on. •/On his way downtown, Jim looked in on his aunt./ •/The doctor looked in on Mary each day when he went by./
[look in the eye] or [look in the face]{v. phr.} To meet with a steady look; to face bravely or without shame. •/Mary looked the gangster in the eye, and he turned away without hurting her./ •/John had looked death in the face many times./ •/We often believe a person who looks us in the eye, but it does not prove he is truthful./ •/U promised Harry to write to him while I was on vacation, and if I don’t do it, I won’t be able to look him in the eye./
[look into]{v.} To find out the facts about; examine; study; inspect. •/The mayor felt he should look into the decrease of income from parking meters./ •/Mr. Jones said he was looking into the possibility of buying a house./ Compare: GO INTO(4), SEE ABOUT.
[look like a million dollars]{v. phr.}, {informal} To look well and prosperous; appear healthy and happy and lucky; look pretty and attractive. •/John came back from Florida driving a fine new car, tanned and glowing with health. He looked like a million dollars./ •/Dressed in the new formal and in a new hairdo, Betty looked like a million dollars./ Compare: FEEL LIKE A MILLION.