IF LOOKS COULD KILL Definition & Meaning

if looks could kill

[ if looks kood kil ]

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(used to remark on an obviously disgusted, disapproving, or angry look from someone):
If looks could kill, his scowl would have slain the manager on the spot.
She didn’t say anything—but if looks could kill, I’d be dead right now.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of if looks could kill¹

First recorded in 1710–20

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“If looks could kill I’d be a dead woman,” England said.

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If ever a face meant death—if looks could kill—we saw it at that moment.

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If looks could kill, Boz surely would not have survived the night.

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His eyes burned like a thousand red-hot coals, and if looks could kill....What am I saying?

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If looks could kill, you’d be dead already: Sasha Luss plays the eponymous model/assassin in “Anna,” writer-director Luc Besson’s twisty 2019 Cold war-era action thriller.

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