Idiom
babies in the eyes
Meaning
The minute reflection which one sees of oneself in the eyes of another.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I saw tiny babies in the eyes of my friend.”
“When we stood close together, I could see the reflection of my own face as babies in the eyes of my partner.”
“The poet gazed deeply into his lover's gaze, captivated by the miniature, distorted image of himself appearing as babies in the eyes of the one he adored.”
Examples
simple
“I saw tiny babies in the eyes of my friend.”
contextual
“When we stood close together, I could see the reflection of my own face as babies in the eyes of my partner.”
complex
“The poet gazed deeply into his lover's gaze, captivated by the miniature, distorted image of himself appearing as babies in the eyes of the one he adored.”
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