Did he give you dirty looks?

Prez giving dirty looks!!!

Why did he give me such dirty looks? I only asked him that he needed to improve his English speaking skills.

Why is this man giving me such dirty looks? I didn’t say anything bad to him.

“Sudhir, I told you not to bring your girlfriend here. Or at least you should have told me in advance and I would have cleaned my room. Did you notice how she was giving me dirty looks after seeing my my dirty hostel room?”

Any guesses about what could giving dirty looks mean?

Let’s look at this question from a different angle. How do you look at someone you are angry or irritated with or are not very happy with? You would frown and your face would look angry and displeased. That’s what is the meaning of giving dirty looks.

Sumedha went to her village wearing jeans and all the older women in the village were giving her dirty looks.

Why were the women giving her dirty looks – because they were angry with her for wearing jeans.

Let’s take some more examples:

1. A traffic cop stopped me at the signal today morning. He was expecting to extract some bribe from me. However, I had all the papers. Reluctantly, he let me leave but not without giving me really dirty looks.
2. Mahesh broke up with Mrinal and started dating Smita. One day, Mrinal spotted them at a Barista. She didn’t say anything but gave really dirty looks to Smita.
3. The teacher gave me dirty looks while I told the principal about broken test tubes and lack of basic equipment in the Chemistry lab.

Use giving dirty looks when you want to express the act of someone feeling angry or displeased or a sense of disapproval and expressing it with his or her eyes and facial expressions.