the evil eye

  • 1the evil eye — ► the evil eye a gaze superstitiously believed to cause material harm. Main Entry: ↑evil …

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  • 2the evil eye — a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause material harm he gave me the evil eye as I walked down the corridor * * * the evil eye : a look that is thought to be able to harm someone He gave her the evil eye. • • • Main Entry: ↑ …

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  • 3The Evil Eye (disambiguation) — The Evil Eye can refer to:* The Evil Eye (1913 film), a 1913 film * The Evil Eye (1917 film), a 1917 film * The Evil Eye (1920 serial), a 1920 film serial * The original american title for the italian film The Girl Who Knew Too Much ee also* Evil …

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  • 4The Evil Eye (1920 serial) — Infobox Film name = The Evil Eye image size = caption = director = J. Gordon Cooper Wally Van producer = writer = Roy L. McCardell narrator = starring = Benny Leonard Ruth Dwyer music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = May,… …

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  • 5the evil eye — a gaze or stare superstitiously believed to cause harm. → evil …

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  • 6give someone the evil eye — give (someone) the evil eye to look at someone in an angry or unpleasant way. I arrived late for the meeting and Steve Thomson gave me the evil eye …

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  • 7give the evil eye — give (someone) the evil eye to look at someone in an angry or unpleasant way. I arrived late for the meeting and Steve Thomson gave me the evil eye …

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  • 8give him the evil eye — look fierce or evil, stare in a bad way    When I testified in court, the prisoner gave me the evil eye …

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  • 9give someone the evil eye — phrase to look at someone in an unpleasant way, especially because you are angry with them Thesaurus: to look at someone in a particular wayhyponym general words meaning to look or not looksynonym Main entry: evil …

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  • 10EVIL EYE — (Heb. עַיִן הָרָע, ayin ha ra; lit., the eye of the evil ; Aram. עֵינָא בִּישָׁא, eina bisha), a widespread belief that some persons may produce malevolent effects on others by looking at them, based on the supposed power of some eyes to bewitch… …

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