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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

turn a lot more heads//raise a lot eyebrows

Humans have successfully cloned sheep, and while this is extraordinary, cloning a mammoth might turn a lot more heads.

Hi,
Does 'turn a lot more heads" in the above mean "raise a lot more eyebrows?" Thanks.
  

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Hi, Here's the general idea. turn a lot of heads - attract a lot of attention (ie people turm their heads to look) raise a lot of eyebrows - surprise a lot of people (supposely, we do that when we are surprised ) Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Here's the general idea.
  • turn a lot of heads - attract a lot of attention (ie people turm their heads to look) raise a lot of eyebrows - surprise a lot of people (supposely, we do that when we are surprised ) Clive
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Hi,
Here's the general idea.

turn a lot of heads - attract a lot of attention (ie people turm their heads to look)

raise a lot of eyebrows - surprise a lot of people (supposely, we do that when we are surprised )

Clive
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'turn a lot more heads"-- attract attention
"raise a lot more eyebrows"-- cause surprise or mistrust
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