Communication
raise your eyebrows
show surprise or doubt
To raise your eyebrows is to show surprise or doubt with your facial expression.
Hear it in real life
He says he can run ten kilometres without training.
That would make me raise my eyebrows.
My boss raised her eyebrows when I told her the project would be finished in one day.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My parents raised their eyebrows to my travel plans.
Say: My parents raised their eyebrows at my travel plans.
Use “at” for the thing that causes this expression of surprise or doubt.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
raise your eyebrows; raised her eyebrows
Your turn: say it out loud
My boss raised her eyebrows when I told her the project would be finished in one day.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
raise your eyebrows
show surprise or doubt
“My boss raised her eyebrows when I told her the project would be finished in one day.”
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