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- sight for sore eyes, a
sight for sore eyes, a
sight for sore eyes, a
One whom it is a relief or joy to see, as in Linda, who had not seen him in 15 years, told him he was a sight for sore eyes. This idiom implies an appearance so welcome that it heals ailing eyes. [First half of 1700s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Herleifr | | - | Ancient Scandinavian |
| Antero | | AHN-te-ro | Finnish |
| Thekla | | - | German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek |
| Mellan | | MEL-an | Irish |
| Philomel | | FIL-ə-mel (English) | Literature |
| Nurul | | - | Arabic, Indonesian, Malay |