What does 目尻を吊り上げる mean?
Hello, everyone!

I tried to search for the expression in the Internet, but somehow hardly found anything.

1) At one place they said, 目尻を吊り上げる = 目くじらを立てる (to nitpick), but I'm not sure if that's so and is there any difference in the meaning or not.
2) On other site I saw a very similar expression - 目を吊り上げる, but then again, there must be some difference, since two kanji, not one.

I'd be grateful, if you enlightened me. Thanks in advance!

Question

What does 目尻を吊り上げる mean?
Hello, everyone!

I tried to search for the expression in the Internet, but somehow hardly found anything.

1) At one place they said, 目尻を吊り上げる = 目くじらを立てる (to nitpick), but I'm not sure if that's so and is there any difference in the meaning or not. 
2) On other site I saw a very similar expression - 目を吊り上げる, but then again, there must be some difference, since two kanji, not one.

I'd be grateful, if you enlightened me. Thanks in advance!

Answer

It seems they have same meanings. See below URL (but this website is Japanese)
http://homepage2.nifty.com/osiete/seito154.htm

We sometimes use 「目くじらを立てる」 such as 「そんなことで目くじらを立てて怒らないで。」But I think we don't use 「目尻をつり上げる」so much.
「目を吊り上げる」expresses that you are very angry. For example, we say「目を吊り上げて怒る」.
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/目を吊り上げる

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