pleasing to the eye

pleasing to the eye

Particularly attractive to look at; aesthetically pleasing. The movie's special effects are certainly pleasing to the eye, but its woeful lack of a story makes it an absolute bore to endure. We want our school to be pleasing to the eye so that students feel excited every time they walk through the doors.
See also: eye, pleasing
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • please the eye
  • be easy on the eye(s)
  • easy on the eyes
  • good enough to eat
  • short on looks
  • small is beautiful
  • be (not) a pretty sight
  • a feast for the eyes
  • right side, on someone's
References in classic literature
This is the story I promised to tell you, and if I have been tedious in telling it, I will not be slow to serve you; my hut is close by, and I have fresh milk and dainty cheese there, as well as a variety of toothsome fruit, no less pleasing to the eye than to the palate.
The chapel, thus rebuilt, transported, was pleasing to the eye beneath its leafy curtains of poplars and sycamores.
He had not been in it before, but he never gave a glance at the room I had been at pains to make pleasing to the eye. There was a tin of tobacco on the table, and, taking out his pipe, he filled it.
The house itself was more pleasing to the eye than most of the houses in those parts, owing to the black and white paint which decorated it and an unconventional flattening and rounding of the roof.
In addition, the blue colour of the street is pleasing to the eye. The official added that the street and the experiment will be under evaluation for 18 months.
Their juices are fresh, delicious and pleasing to the eye.
The red, pink, and orange cosmos flowers look like colorful flower carpets on the land and are very pleasing to the eye, he said, according to the report.
Pigeon Attack The cherry tree in bloom, was a great sight, So pleasing to the eye with prospects bright, Of lovely red cherries later to come, I just could not wait to sample some.
It's fluid, sculptured bodywork is pleasing to the eye and vehicle customisation is provided with different paint options including solid, metallic or pearlescent finishes.
Picture from a glorious era HOWEVER impressive the artistic images are that appear in the Birmingham Mail of how the city centre will look following redevelopment, the surviving Victorian and Edwardian architecture and Street furniture, so much of which has sadly been demolished by short sighted civic leaders, is far more impressive and pleasing to the eye.
I KNOW next to nothing about architecture, only what I find pleasing to the eye.
The angular design is not pleasing to the eye and considered by many to be positively hideous.
As a culinary herb, it has the added advantage of being edible as well as pleasing to the eye. L.
ROCKCHASE BULLET bk d May 09 Westmead Hawk-Droopys Bubble (Ronny Wuyts) At least half a dozen dogs could have been nominated from the first round of the Juvenile Classic at Tralee for this column, but we ended up going with the dog that went fastest and was also extremely pleasing to the eye. A May puppy, the 72 pounder was smartly into stride and moved slightly wide at the start on his racing debut last Friday.