"Look me in the eye"

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"Look me in the eye"

How many times have you heard this in your life?
(I mean, used on our at you by someone else)

Somewhat often

Come to think of it, never.
What's so special about it?

Often.

Whenever someone says this to me I'm tempted to tell them to f**k right off. Usually I just ignore them though

Not sure. I just know how much easier it is to talk when I'm not looking someone in the eyes.

Very few & I never look people in the eye.

I'm not sure, but since focusing on the nose or mouth, I don't.

I don't hear this expressed at all any more, now that I'm an adult. I would be quite offended if someone did.

I was definitely told to as a kid in school, when I didn't have a diagnosis and the teachers probably thought I was being disrespectful.

Though, when talking to someone and doing my usual habit of only looking them in the eye intermittently and very briefly, I believe they will see it as a fairly obvious sign that I'm not feeling comfortable - it's so unusual. Doesn't matter how many times I tell myself I will make better eye contact, I still can't master it

Not "look me in the eye" but "look at me" by teachers. But in an instructive way, not in a mean way.

John Elder Robinson wrote a book with the title Look Me in the Eye. He has Asperger's.

I've heard similar things from teachers a lot. Occasionally people associate it with dishonesty, which is sometimes problematic. I think most people just think I'm awkward though, which is incorrect too but I don't really mind it.

I've only heard "look at me when I'm talking to you".

Even I'm not often told to, I didn't get what that means until that curious phrase went by... Which is just few years ago.
And until now, I also still don't know or get HOW it means by that.
Being literally told to "Look me in the eye", as in, in direct English, got rather common in either in classes or training. Especially if teaching "Professionalism" is involved...

In tagalog, usually told to children or students regardless of age by their parents or mentors respectively: "Makuha ka sa tingin." (Which means something about getting something when you get something from a look... Usually as a warning)

Funny I asked my mom what she mean by that just several hours ago, and how would it be; she can't explain it to me. She only told me the context, but never HOW.

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"Look me in the eye and tell me you didn't eat the last cannoli!"

Often especially until I learned how to do it for short periods or fake it in the 15 years or so.