Otherwise, the program proceeded with few other eyebrow raisers.

On its release Southpaw Grammar was an eyebrow raiser with fans and critics alike.

Butler scanned the sheet: basic field equipment, a few eyebrow raisers, nothing too puzzling until ... 'Sunglasses?

The teeth tappers, the eyebrow raisers, the ear rubbers - they were as good as money in the sock under the mattress, to a man who knew how to read such things.

They now have the luxury of regarding any applicant who is out of the ordinary - like a grown child who needs, or wants, a parent to help him buy an apartment - as an eyebrow raiser.

As skimpy as the prospectus is on the brokers' line of work, it did contain some eyebrow raisers for the alert investor.

L A - 1 day 23 hours ago @ "his recent haircut might be the biggest eyebrow raiser of them all."

He adds, "It was a bit of an eyebrow raiser - but also a bit of a relief really - that they didn't even want me to do an audition.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Mr. Kiplinger's forecasts are often eyebrow raisers, obvious only in hindsight.

But his recent haircut might be the biggest eyebrow raiser of them all.