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
Agate['eigət]
Gail[geil]
Aryan-Indian, Hindi
Aumann['aʊmən]
ValaryVAL-ə-reeEnglish (Rare)
Yochanan-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew