roll one's eyes

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Verb

roll one's eyes (third-person singular simple present rolls one's eyes, present participle rolling one's eyes, simple past and past participle rolled one's eyes)

(idiomatic) To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration.

Translations

turn one's eyes upwards

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 眼珠一轉, 眼珠一转 (yǎnzhū yīzhuàn), 翻白眼 (zh) (fānbáiyǎn)
Finnish: pyörittää silmiään (fi)
French: lever les yeux au ciel (fr)
German: die Augen rollen
Italian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: ぐりぐりする, グリグリする (guriguri suru), 白目を向く (しろめをむく, shirome o muku)
Maori: whakatīkorokoro
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: revirar os olhos
Russian: зака́тывать глаза́ (ru) impf (zakátyvatʹ glazá), закати́ть глаза́ pf (zakatítʹ glazá)
Spanish: voltear los ojos, poner los ojos en blanco
Swedish: himla med ögonen

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