feast one's eyes on

Be delighted or gratified by the sight of, as in I'm feasting my eyes on this new sculpture—it's wonderful. This metaphoric expression may have been originated by Shakespeare, who used it in Sonnet 47: “With my love's picture then my eye doth feast.”

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weal
well-being, prosperity, or happiness.
the intervening time.
a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
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Words nearby feast one's eyes on

feast of lights, feast of lots, feast of orthodoxy, feast of st. peter's chains, feast of tabernacles, feast one's eyes on, feast or famine, feast-or-famine, feat, feather, feather banding
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