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easy on the eye

idiom
Meaning

Alternative form of easy on the eyes.


Examples
SIMPLE

That new car is very easy on the eye.

CONTEXTUAL

The architect designed a building that is functional but also easy on the eye for everyone in the neighborhood.

COMPLEX

While the antique clock was not particularly accurate, its intricate gold carvings made it undeniably easy on the eye.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

    compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.

  2. 02

    apple of someone's eye

    The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.

  3. 03

    blink of an eye

    A moment (a very short period of time).

  4. 04

    breathe easy

    To relax or feel secure about something.

  5. 05

    camel through the eye of a needle

    Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.

  6. 06

    catch someone's eye

    To capture someone's attention.

  7. 07

    catch the eye

    To attract the attention

  8. 08

    close one eye

    to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).

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