With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminately.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

Alternative form of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Alternative form of if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

(idiomatic) Used as an ironic acknowledgement of someone's arrival, especially to imply that they are unwelcome or disagreeable in some way.

(idiomatic) To act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself.

(idiomatic, usually followed by at) To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.

(informal, seduction community) A look of rapt attention, expectation, or excitement, seen as a sign of romantic interest or pleading.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, over, shoulder. / (idiomatic) To check obsessively out of excessive caution or fear of a perceived danger.

simple past tense and past participle of look before one leaps