look daggers at someone

Related to word: look

Idiom

Definition

  1. To look at someone with extreme anger or disapproval, often with a fierce or hostile expression.

    • He looked daggers at the con artist when he realized he had been tricked.

    • She looked daggers at the person who accidentally spilled coffee on her.

    • The teacher looked daggers at the students when she discovered they were cheating on the exam.