easy on the eyes en · ADJ
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(idiomatic) Physically attractive; beautiful.
Those lovers, played by Vincent Perez and Rachel Weisz, are certainly easy on the eyes, but their romantic chemistry is tentative at best.
1998 Jan. 23, Stephen Holden, "Ukrainian Patient: A Romance In the Rain" (film review of Swept from the Sea), New York Times (retrieved 2 Oct 2013)Truly was this maiden, as his Chamberlain had said, noticeably easy on the eyes. Her beauty was as water in the desert, as fire on a frosty night, as diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, and amethysts.
1922, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Coming of Gowf”, in The Clicking of Cuthbert:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| easy on the eye | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more easy on the eyes | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most easy on the eyes | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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fi hyvännäköinen (physically attractive) · fr pas désagréable à regarder (physically attractive) · ro ușor de privit (physically attractive) · fr pas moche (physically attractive) · ru симпатичный (physically attractive)