raise eyebrows

cause surprise or mild disapproval

• His sudden resignation raised eyebrows across the industry.
• The new policy raised eyebrows among the employees at the meeting.
• Wearing such a bright outfit to the funeral certainly raised a few eyebrows.

The idiom 'raise eyebrows' is used in both formal and informal contexts to describe situations that cause surprise or mild disapproval. It is commonly used in spoken and written English, particularly in professional or social settings. It often describes collective reactions.

A common mistake is to translate 'levantar cejas' directly into English, using 'lift eyebrows', which is not English. Others might wrongly assume it refers only to strong negative reactions, when it is more subtle.

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  have a grievance to discuss with someone
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  to accept or learn to live with something difficult
• a turn of mind
  a particular way of thinking or mental disposition
• in hindsight
  in retrospect; looking back with the knowledge we have now