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
PoncioPON-thyo (Spanish), PON-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Mirellamee-REL-lahItalian
LinoLEE-no (Italian, Spanish), LEE-naw (Galician)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
U-Jinoo-jeenKorean
ÉOwynAY-ə-win (English)Literature
ArmoAHR-moFinnish