Emotions & feelings

roll your eyes

show annoyance or disbelief

To roll your eyes means to move your eyes upwards to show that you are annoyed or do not believe what someone has said.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Did Mia like your suggestion?

Not really. She just rolled her eyes.

Play the conversation

I rolled my eyes when he started telling the same story again.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: turn your eyes

Say: roll your eyes

The fixed expression is "roll your eyes," not a direct translation such as "turn your eyes."

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

roll your eyes; rolled his eyes; keep rolling your eyes

Your turn: say it out loud

I rolled my eyes when he started telling the same story again.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

roll your eyes

show annoyance or disbelief

“I rolled my eyes when he started telling the same story again.”

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