squint like a bag of nails

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tosquintvery much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.1935, Georgette Heyer,Regency Buck, page230:Does shesquint like a bag of nails? Is she hideous? They always are!'The Earl stood back.'You may judge for yourself,' he said dryly. 'Miss Taverner, little though he may have recommended himself to you, I must beg leave to present my brother, Captain Audley.'2005, Mary Lancaster,An Endless Exile, page21:In his own language, he called out, “Where is she then, Rob? Is she hideous? Does shesquint like a bag of nails? Does she screech like a shrew with toothache?” This time, the silence was definitely appalled – not least, I suspected, because there was more than a grain of truth in Hereward's unflattering description.

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