jaundiced eye
collocation in Englishmeaningsofjaundicedandeye
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jaundiced
adjective
uk/ˈdʒɔːn.dɪst/us/ˈdʒɑːn.dɪst/
judging everything as bad because bad things have happened to you in ...
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eye
noun[C]
uk/aɪ/us/aɪ/
one of the two organs in your face that are used ...
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(Definition ofjaundicedandeyefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He would surely view the ubiquitous ' smooth jazz' that has evolved from fusion with an even morejaundicedeye.
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Particularly in the case of charitable trusts, he proposes that they be established only in states where courts look at social investing ' ' with ajaundicedeye.
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For that reason, he ought to guard himself against seeing things with ajaundicedeye.
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It has ajaundicedeye, because it cannot see the real world for what it is.
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People will look upon the talk of its being a temporary tax with a ratherjaundicedeye.
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Therefore, we should look with ajaundicedeyeon any extension of the concept of insider trading.
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We have now learnt the lesson to look at such proposals with ajaundicedeye.
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I therefore look on that issue with an extremelyjaundicedeye.
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I have gone through that subsection with a slightlyjaundicedeyeand considered what it says about "local sound broadcast".
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They look, not with jealousy but with a slightlyjaundicedeye, when large and expensive capital developments are concentrated in one place.
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People have begun to turn ajaundicedeyeon regional policy because, although it has made a contribution, it has not been the miraculous solution that we once expected.
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The improvements are very much appreciated, but they are looked upon by some of my commuters who have to use the railways every day with a somewhatjaundicedeye.
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Incidentally, my eldest daughter and heir views with ajaundicedeyethe possibility of being under pressure from her eldest daughter to disinherit her little brother in her favour.
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Now the banks will be looking with ajaundicedeyeat people owed money by companies which previously one would not have dreamed of worrying about.
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There have been occasions in the past when my own party has looked with a slightly lessjaundicedeyeon systems other than first past the post.
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I assure him that it is certainly not a racket, except in his own jaundiced eyes.
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It only shows the jaundiced eyes through which the whole business has been viewed.
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The jaundiced eyes of the famine-wasted wretches around them were instantly turned towards the poor girls, who appeared to thrive so well whilst others were famishing.
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