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"Stay off the Internet and I think you'll find your health will improve tremendously," he continues, fixing me with a beady eye."
"She stops sweeping clay across my temples and fixes me with a beady eye. 'Did you sunbathe in your youth?' " [NB: The questions refers to an earlier comment about the main character's facial pigmentation.]
So what's this beady eye about? It's certainly not a desired thing. In what contexts do you use "beady eye," and why does it have a negative connotation -- any ideas?
"Stay off the Internet and I think you'll find your health will improve tremendously," he continues, fixing me with a beady eye."
"She stops sweeping clay across my temples and fixes me with a beady eye. 'Did you sunbathe in your youth?' " [NB: The questions refers to an earlier comment about the main character's facial pigmentation.]
So what's this beady eye about? It's certainly not a desired thing. In what contexts do you use "beady eye," and why does it have a negative connotation -- any ideas?
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