raise eyebrows | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)To causesurprise.1995May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:How did we lose the future? Gelernter's answer mayraisesomeeyebrows. He believes that the United States realized the fair's predictions of a technological and economic utopia—and the country subsequently imploded with its own success.2021June 29, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Germany”, inBBC Sport‎[2]:Southgate's team selectionraised eyebrowswhen he decided to leave the creative talents ofGrealishandPhil Fodenon the bench and showed huge faith in Arsenal teenagerBukayo Sakaby starting him after his fine performance against the Czechs.2023June 6, Ian Bogost, “The Age of Goggles Has Arrived”, inThe Atlantic‎[3]:Microsoft, the software, gaming, and cloud-computing giant, secured a contract to sell “mixed reality” goggles to the U.S. Army that could be worth nearly $22 billion over a decade. All of thisraised eyebrowsat the time. But then computers started generating eyebrows that raised themselves.; (idiomatic)To cause milddisapproval.2022July 27, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “New Croatia bridge redraws map of Adriatic coast”, inCNN‎[4]:The fact that a Chinese state-owned company was awarded the contract to build the structure alsoraised eyebrows.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeraise,‎eyebrows.

Examples:

EN: If I back out now, this will raise eyebrows.
ES: - Le están esperando.
EN: ...it'll raise eyebrows.
ES: - Esto no tiene por que preocuparlo.
EN: When three of your team voice concerns about an imaginary friend, it does tend to raise eyebrows.
ES: Cuando tres miembros de su mejor equipo se preocupan por un amigo imaginario no es de extrañar que produzca asombro.
EN: Security scan of a dead guy might raise eyebrows.
ES: Un escaneo de seguridad de un tipo muerto... podría haber levantado algunas cejas.
EN: Bunch of teenage kids with a little old lady like yourself. Doesn't raise eyebrows.
ES: Un grupo de adolescentes con una anciana como tú no llama la atención.
EN: You raise eyebrows, you raise admissions.
ES: Se asombran, aumentan los ingresos.
EN: A big withdrawal or a series of small ones could raise eyebrows.
ES: Retirar una gran cantidad o retirar pocas cantidades podría levantar sospechas.
EN: Um, Claudia joy said, if you go back, it would raise eyebrows.
ES: Claudia Joy dijo, que si vuelves, levantarías sospechas.
EN: Someone finds this with pages missing, that could raise eyebrows.
ES: Si alguien ve que a esto le faltan páginas, podría generarse sospechas.
EN: I'm just wondering how you account for your success. Because it will definitely raise eyebrows over at Schweikart and Cokely.
ES: -Me pregunto cómo respaldas tu éxito porque definitivamente sorprenderá en Schweikart y Cokely.
EN: But this will raise eyebrows, won't it?
ES: Es decir, un cofundador que se va cuando la empresa lo está haciendo tan bien...
EN: There's the usual suspects that raise eyebrows...
ES: Están los habituales que levantan sospechas...
EN: Not quite large enough to raise eyebrows while still giving you a younger mind to shape.
ES: No es lo suficientemente grande para levantar miradas pero te da una mente más joven que moldear.
EN: Somewhere a pair like us won't raise eyebrows.
ES: Donde una pareja como la nuestra no despierte curiosidad.
EN: If the goal is not to raise eyebrows, me arbitrarily taking a wrecking ball to my own investment in a dog company is counterintuitive.
ES: A menos que el objetivo sea sorprender, que yo arbitrariamente destruya mi propia inversión en un perro de empresa es contraproducente.

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