| 词组 | make eyes at one |
| 释义 | (redirected from make eyes at one)make eyes at (one)To flirt with one by making suggestive eye contact. Is that girl making eyes at me, or am I just imagining it? You can't just make eyes at a person and expect them to come running—you have to talk to them and get to know them! make eyes at someoneFig. to flirt with someone. Mother, he's making eyes at me! Jed tried to make eyes at all the young women. make eyes atOgle, flirt with, as in To her sister's disgust, she was always making eyes at the boys. Although slightly different versions, such as throw the eye at, are much older, this precise locution was first recorded in William Makepeace Thackeray's Henry Esmond (1852): "She used to make eyes at the Duke of Marlborough." See also give someone the once-over. make eyes at someoneOLD-FASHIONEDIf someone makes eyes at you, they try to get you to notice them because they are sexually attracted to you. He was making eyes at one of the nurses. make eyes at someonelook at someone in a way that makes it clear you find them sexually attractive.make ˈeyes at somebody(informal) look at somebody in a way that tries to attract them sexually: He did nothing all evening but make eyes at the girls! |
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