also: メガネごし
looking over the top of one's glasses
Describes the action of looking above the frames, often with a particular expression or attitude.
He glared at me over the top of his glasses.
looking through glasses
Simply looking through the lenses, without the nuance of looking over them.
The scenery seen through glasses is clearer than usual.
Standard kanji spelling.
Katakana spelling for 眼鏡, common in casual writing.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling.
Compound of 眼鏡 (megane, 'glasses') and 越し (goshi, 'through, over').