eyes like saucers

Wide eyes, likely due to surprise or awe. We all had eyes like saucers when Mom and Aunt Judy started screaming at each other during dinner.

eyes like saucers

Fig. eyes opened widely as in amazement. Our eyes were like saucers as we witnessed another display of the manager's temper.

See also: eye, like, saucer

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

saucer
have eyes like saucers
go wide
have bags under (one's) eyes
all eyes are on (someone or something)
all eyes are on somebody/something
all eyes are on someone/something
under (one's) very eyes
flick over
look babies in the eyes

References in classic literature

"I think you are right, my dear; but you have lived in the country, and have n't yet learned that modesty has gone out of fashion." And with a good-night kiss, grandma left Polly to dream dreadfully of dancing in jockey costume, on a great stage; while Tom played a big drum in the orchestra; and the audience all wore the faces of her father and mother, looking sorrowfully at her, with eyes like saucers, and faces as red as Fanny's sash.

An Old Fashioned Girl

Eyes like saucers, he tugged at my trouser leg (my lad that is, not Warwick) and tried to surreptitiously point to the mini actor.

How to make dad feel really small..

词组	eyes like saucers
释义	eyes like saucers eyes like saucers Wide eyes, likely due to surprise or awe. We all had eyes like saucers when Mom and Aunt Judy started screaming at each other during dinner. See also: eye, like, saucer Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. eyes like saucers Fig. eyes opened widely as in amazement. Our eyes were like saucers as we witnessed another display of the manager's temper. See also: eye, like, saucer McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: saucer have eyes like saucers go wide have bags under (one's) eyes all eyes are on (someone or something) all eyes are on somebody/something all eyes are on someone/something under (one's) very eyes flick over look babies in the eyes References in classic literature "I think you are right, my dear; but you have lived in the country, and have n't yet learned that modesty has gone out of fashion." And with a good-night kiss, grandma left Polly to dream dreadfully of dancing in jockey costume, on a great stage; while Tom played a big drum in the orchestra; and the audience all wore the faces of her father and mother, looking sorrowfully at her, with eyes like saucers, and faces as red as Fanny's sash. An Old Fashioned Girl Eyes like saucers, he tugged at my trouser leg (my lad that is, not Warwick) and tried to surreptitiously point to the mini actor. How to make dad feel really small..
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