Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “screw up one’s eyes“ and its meaning is “to pull/tighten the muscles of your eyes because of too bright light (or because of a pain); narrow one’s eyes; look through narrowed eyes, squint, squinch“.
Example Sentence: Unlike British or French politicians, Olaf Scholz doesn’t do pomp. Nor does he do charm. A man who screws up his eyes when he tries to smile, the German chancellor welcomed Ukraine’s president to Berlin on Sunday with characteristic stiffness.
This phrase is present in Germany’s change of heart is now pivotal to the war in Ukraine. Here’s why and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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