puppy-dog eyes
noun
A person's eyes (and frequently hence expression or appearance generally), likened to a puppy's, especially in appearing mournful, beseeching, or winsome, or in eliciting (or being intended to elicit) sympathy or compassion.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.
- playing trick
- play into someone's hands
- play it cool
- play it straight
- play kissy-face
- play lady
- playland
- play leader
- play leadership
- playless
- playlet
- playlist
- play lunch
- playmake
- playmaker
- playmaking
- playmate
- play material
- playmating
- play merry hell with
- play method
- playmobile
- play money
- play night
- playock