if looks could kill

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An anapodoton for an expression such as "If looks could kill, her look would have led to the death of the person she was looking at." A possible origin of the phrase comes from the legend of Medusa, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at her into stone.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 如果眼神可以杀人 — Translations
• Czech: kdyby pohled mohl zabíjet — Translations
• Dutch: als blikken konden doden — Translations
• Finnish: jos katse voisi tappaa — Translations
• French: si on pouvait tuer d'un simple regard — Translations
• German: wenn Blicke töten könnten — Translations
• Japanese: 見た目で人が殺せるのなら (mita me de hito ga koroseru no nara) — Translations
• Polish: gdyby wzrok mógł zabijać — Translations
• Portuguese: se o/um olhar matasse — Translations
• Russian: е́сли бы взгля́дом мо́жно бы́ло уби́ть (jésli by vzgljádom móžno býlo ubítʹ) — Translations
• Spanish: si la mirada matara — Translations