The warden cocked his eye wisely, and Cowperwood saw that his lot was not to be as bad as he had anticipated. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. LIV) — Начальник тюрьмы многозначительно подмигнул, и Фрэнк понял, что его ждет участь хотя и не легкая, но все же не столь мрачная, как он опасался.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
cock an eye at something — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom … Useful english dictionary
cock an eye at somebody — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom … Useful english dictionary
cock-eyed — adj. colloq. 1 crooked, askew, not level. 2 (of a scheme etc.) absurd, not practical. 3 drunk. 4 squinting. Etymology: 19th c.: app. f. COCK(1) + EYE … Useful english dictionary
cock an/your eye — see ↑cock, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑eye … Useful english dictionary
cock|eye — «KOK Y», noun. an eye that squints or is affected with cross eye … Useful english dictionary
cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise … English World dictionary
Cock — (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in scorn.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux — The Inspector series Directed by Robert McKimson … Wikipedia
cock one's eye — (or eyebrow) glance in a quizzical or knowing manner with a raised eyebrow … Useful english dictionary
cock an ear at something — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom … Useful english dictionary
cock an ear at somebody — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom … Useful english dictionary
