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	Pronounced	Usage
Rakesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu
Crenshaw	['kren.ʃɔ:]
Valent	-	Croatian
Djuradj	-	Serbian
Niloufar	-	Persian
Zvezdana	ZVEZ-dah-nah (Serbian)	Serbian, Slovene