give someone the eye
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give someone the eye
verb gives someone the eye · giving someone the eye · gave someone the eye · given someone the eye
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To show flirtatious signs or sexual interest/attraction with one's eyes.
I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the bar.
Similar: eye up, give someone the glad eye
- To give someone the stink eye. I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the office.
- To give someone the evil eye. I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the town square.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, someone, the, eye; for example, to hand someone the eye of a hook and eye.
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verb show flirtatious signs
| 中文 | 抛媚眼 pao mei yan |
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| Русский | стро́ить гла́зки stróitʹ glázki |
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