knit one 's brows in despair

knit one 's brows in despair

A Chinese idiom, CH ó um é IL è iy ǎ n in pinyin, means frowning with tears. It describes a sad look. It comes from Gui Er Ji by Zhang Duanyi of Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The daughter-in-law was so sad that she didn't dare to come into the hall. When she got to the bottom of the stairs, she knelt down and kowtowed.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: sad face antonym: happy face

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Duanyi of Song Dynasty wrote in the volume of GUI Er Ji: "after sitting for a long time, at the beginning of Geng Chu, Li Shi returned home with sad eyebrows, tears and eyelashes

Idiom explanation

Frowning with tears. Describe the look of sadness.