feast one's eyes on



feast one's eyes on

Be delighted or gratified by the sight of, as in I'm feasting my eyes on this new sculpture-it's wonderful. This metaphoric expression may have been originated by Shakespeare, who used it in Sonnet 47: "With my love's picture then my eye doth feast."
See also: eye, feast, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Androkles-Ancient Greek
Mina (1)MEE-nə (English), MEE-nah (Dutch, Limburgish)English, Dutch, Limburgish
Goff[gɔf]
Alexius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Shashi-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Telugu
TamsinTAM-sinEnglish (British)