twinkly-eyed

twinkly-eyed

Happy, cheerful, innocent, and good-natured. Jack's new girlfriend is so twinkly-eyed and friendly that I actually find it a little bit irritating. The company has brought in a new twinkly-eyed spokesperson to help improve their public image.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • able to take a joke
  • take a joke
  • good sport
  • be a sport
  • good-natured
  • grin and bear it
  • regular guy
  • regular brick
  • regular fellow
  • be pie-eyed
References in periodicals archive
"I was 17 and I was a bit twinkly-eyed about him," she recalled.
ANNABEL'S COURT UP BY GOMEZ; WIMBLEDON DIARY
The twinkly-eyed Northern Irishman emigrated to Australia 30 years ago and fell into comedy shortly afterwards.
THE JIMEOIN VARIETY SHOW; WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?
But through all of the 47-year-old's transformations, he's always a twinkly-eyed handsome Scottish devil with a killer grin.
Ewan McGregor, 47, stars in the summer's latest hit, Christopher Robin. He talks magical childhoods, the wisdom of Pooh, and working with animals (sort of)
Twinkly-eyed Dench is flawless, capturing the isolation and despair of her overweight, cantankerous ruler ("Everyone I've really loved has died and I just go on and on," she sobs) as well as Victoria's steely resolve when her son threatens to seize the throne by having her declared insane.
DENCH'S ROYAL REAPPOINTMENT; DAME JUDI PUTS IN A FLAWLESS PERFORMANCE IN HER SECOND OUTING AS QUEEN VICTORIA
Caroline became a national treasure in the 1990s when she played the mischievous, twinkly-eyed, blue-rinse chat show host Mrs Merton.
'One of the most generous of people'
All twinkly-eyed charm, Anthony Hopkins is perfectly cast here as a lovably eccentric old duffer intent on setting a land speed record on a 1920s Indian motorbike.
FILM CHOICE
James takes the twinkly-eyed upstart under his wing and grants Cole 24-hour access to his recording studio.
We Are Your Friends movie review: Is Zac Efron's new DJ film worth a spin? We Are Your Friends is in cinemas now, but is the DJ drama up to scratch?
AS The Great British Bake Off has us glued to our TV screens once again, take a break and bake one of Paul Hollywood's perfect pies - soggy bottom optional Mel, Sue, the twinkly-eyed Paul and the marvellous Mary Berry are currently putting a new batch of bakers to the test in the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off.
A pie full of prizes; 7 DAYS FOOD & drink
VV: "We have all sorts, from giggling sixth-formers and tweeting hipsters to twinkly-eyed grandmas.
Gin-drenched debauchery
Image Twinkly-eyed Geordie Best Known For His role in Soldier Soldier.
up close with ... ROBSON GREEN
At 63, amidst a still-flourishing career, the twinkly-eyed pied piper of dance died from Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Tony Stevens (1948-2011)
My fellow workers were a rag-tag bunch: a John Lennon lookalike with a dirty vest and a saintly disposition; an ex-Marine with a somewhat chequered sexual history; and two crinkle-faced, twinkly-eyed brothers.
PICK OF THE DAY; Norwich v Ipswich Sky Sports 1, 12.30pm
"I've always loved those Midsummer kind of plays with people romping around in a forest, discovering themselves in a place where magic things happen," avows Whitty, a twinkly-eyed enthusiast for all things theatrical who commands a following as an actor (most recently in Amy Freed's The Beard of Avon) as well as a writer (most notably of the book for the hit musical Avenue Q, which won him a Tony award at the tender age of 32).
Costa Mesa, Calif.: how Hedda got her groove back
When Evelyn Mercer (a twinkly-eyed Fionnula Flanagan) is killed in what seems to be a random grocery-store robbery, her four adopted sons, who haven't seen each other in a long time, show up for her funeral.
Four Brothers
Twinkly-eyed, apple-cheeked Shubina, looking like someone straight off a vintage Socialist Realist poster, passively accepts her ill-treatment and still loves the country for which she built trenches around Stalingrad during WWII.
Babusya