กลอกไปมา(glòk bpai maa)
Meanings
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[to] roll one’s eyes back and forth; [to] flick one’s gaze left and right
to move the eyes repeatedly from side to side, as in rolling one’s eyes or glancing around restlessly (often used with ตาตาdtaa1eye2grandfather (maternal)3grid square; mesh4eye (classifier for small holes/mesh openings)5[to] stare; [to] gaze6turn (in a game): กลอกตาไปมา).
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyแม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseบอกให้bòk hâiบอกให้bòk hâi[to] tell [sb] to [do sth]ไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)เก็บgèpเก็บgèp1to collect; pick up; gather2to tidy up; put in order3to charge; take (a fee/payment)4to keep back; save5[to] harvest; pick (fruit/flowers)6to keep; store; put away7to put away/holster (weapon); to conceal8[to] tuck in; gather up (hair/clothes)ห้องhôngห้องhông1room2classifier: roomsเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerกลอกตาglòk dtaaกลอกตาglòk dtaa[to] roll one’s eyesไปมาbpai maaไปมาbpai maa1[to] go back and forth; frequent2back and forth; to and fro3(in 'ไป ... มา') indicates a completed round tripอย่างyàangอย่างyàang1kind; type; sort2manner; way3in the manner of; -ly4classifier (for kinds/types)เบื่อหน่ายbèuua nàaiเบื่อหน่ายbèuua nàai1bored; weary; fed up; disenchanted2[to] be bored/fed up with [sth]; [to] feel weary of [sth]
When his mom told him to clean his room, he rolled his eyes in boredom.
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กลอกไปมาglòk bpai maaกลอกไปมาglòk bpai maa[to] roll one’s eyes back and forth; [to] flick one’s gaze left and right