EYEBROW


Meaning of EYEBROW in English

eye ‧ brow /ˈaɪbraʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . the line of hair above your eye:

thick bushy eyebrows

2 . raise your eyebrows to move your eyebrows upwards in order to show surprise or disapproval:

‘Really?’ she said, raising her eyebrows.

This decision caused a few raised eyebrows (=surprised some people) .

3 . be up to your eyebrows in something spoken to have more of something than you can deal with:

I’m absolutely up to my eyebrows in work.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.