| 单词 | a sight for sore eyes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa sight for sore eyes d. In colloquial phrase a sight for sore eyes: a person or thing one is glad to see, esp. a welcome visitor. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > welcome or appealing a sight for sore eyes1826 spectacular1874 the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > person or thing greeted with pleasure a sight for sore eyes1826 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 7 The Sight of you is good for sore Eyes.] 1826 W. Hazlitt in New Monthly Mag. 16 38 Garrick's name was..proposed..on condition he should act in tragedy and comedy... What a sight for sore eyes that would be! 1871 Monthly Pkt. Christmas 108 You're a sight for sair ee'n the now! I'm just aboot in the awfuest swither ever a body was. 1897 R. Marsh Crime & Criminal xxiii. 192 He was a sight for sore eyes... I like to see a man that is a man. 1931 E. O'Neill Mourning becomes Electra (1932) 125 You certainly are a sight for sore eyes, Vinnie! 1973 People's Jrnl. 28 July (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 4/5 Elizabeth..and Sheena had done wonders,..and the buffet was a sight for sore eyes. < as lemmas |
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