“Your eyebrows alone can communicate more than you
realize. One raised eyebrow means that you're intrigued, while two raised
eyebrows means that you're surprised, and no eyebrows means that you're in Blue
Man Group.”—Humorist Colin Nissan, “Shouts and Murmurs: Reading Body Language
Like the Experts,”
The New Yorker, June 26, 2023
The above contention about “two raised eyebrows”
appears to be contradicted by the evidence in the accompanying photo. Jack
Nicholson in The Shining is conveying that the phrase “killer eyebrows”
is hardly a metaphor. He’s not surprised—he’s making sure the person
he’s talking to is, and not in a pleasant way.
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