if looks could kill

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von if looks could kill im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Used to characterize a look of strong hostility

Türkische aussprache

îf lûks kûd kîl

Aussprache

/əf ˈlo͝oks ˈko͝od ˈkəl/ /ɪf ˈlʊks ˈkʊd ˈkɪl/

Etymologie

() In chapter XVI of Bram Stoker's Dracula in a diary entry of Dr. Seward, he notes about the undead Lucy Westerna that "If ever a face meant death--if looks could kill--we saw it at that moment." An ellipsis (anapodoton) for an expression such as "If looks could kill, her look would have led to a murder of the person she was looking at."