Games without frontiers
Posted by Warthog on September 03, 2004
In Reply to: Pointed remark posted by Henry on September 02, 2004
: : what does"if looks could kill"mean?
: It means that when someone gives you a hostile glare, it's such an extreme expression that if it was possible for a look to kill you, then this one would.
: There's a similar expression, "He looked (or glared) daggers at me."
"If looks could kill, they probably will..."
thank you Peter Gabriel.
'Sarcasm' is to make a remark intending to wound, so a 'pointed' remark follows that train of thought - it is 'pointed' in the sense of being incisive/sharp and with the capacity to offend.
- Look daggers at ESC 03/September/04