Meaning of sheep's eye | Babel Free

Definitions

A secretive, pining look, or humble doting glance.

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Examples

“those of an amorous roguish look⟳ derive their title even from the sheep, and we say⟳ such a one has a sheep's eye, not so much to denote the innocence as the simple slyness of the cast⟳.”

“He had ever a sheep's eye for thee, and, if I remember⟳ rightly, thou wast sweet upon him once.”

“No less an eminence than former President Taft himself (who had long cast⟳ a sheep's eye on the high court) privately called the nomination “one of the deepest wounds that I have⟳ ever had as an American and a lover of the Constitution and a believer in progressive conservatism.””

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