His glance was like a gimlet , cold and piercing .
他的目光是一把钢锥，寒光刺人心脾。
Any fool with an empty wallet , a gimlet eye , and an emptier head can sell his soul ; just as any dilettante can trade meaning for money , and glorify themselves as a starving artist .
Not surprisingly , then , the whole notion of " financial innovation " is being looked at with a gimlet eye , and congress is now considering various ways to rein in the banking industry 's excesses .
