long sòng sọc
Definition
- Adjective:
- Fiercely staring; glaring fiercely: Describes eyes that are wide open and staring with intense, often wild or angry, emotion. This term emphasizes a piercing, unblinking, and aggressive gaze.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mắt người điên long sòng sọc. (The madman's eyes were glaring fiercely.)
- Con hổ nhìn tôi với đôi mắt long sòng sọc. (The tiger looked at me with fiercely glaring eyes.)
- Đừng nhìn long sòng sọc như thế! (Don't stare so fiercely like that!)
Advanced Usage
- This phrase is highly descriptive and is almost exclusively used in literary, dramatic, or figurative contexts to convey extreme emotional states such as madness, rage, or intense threat.
Variants and Related Words
Long lên (v): for one's eyes to bulge or pop out, often from strong emotion.
- Nó tức đến nỗi mắt long lên. (He was so angry his eyes bulged.)
Trợn mắt (v): to open one's eyes wide, often in anger or surprise.
- Cô ấy trợn mắt nhìn kẻ đột nhập. (She glared wide-eyed at the intruder.)
Synonyms
- Glaring: staring with anger or hostility.
- Fierce stare: an intense and aggressive look.
- Wild-eyed: having eyes that are wide open and look crazy or furious.
Related Idioms
- Nổi cơn thịnh nộ: to fly into a rage (a state often accompanied by a gaze).
- Nghe tin đó, anh ta nổi cơn thịnh nộ, mắt long sòng sọc. (Upon hearing the news, he flew into a rage, his eyes glaring fiercely.)