10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHEEP'S EYES»
Discover the use of
sheep's eyes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sheep's eyes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and ...
Sheep's eye is, just as you suspect, descriptive of amorous longing. I suppose the
exact expression is "making sheep's eyes at." The color and sound of this was
enough for me to hope that this passage of the song would describe the
imagined ...
2
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
... not batan eyelid, one in the eye, open their eyes, pass their eye over, public
eye, pull the wool over their eyes, raise their eyebrows, raised eyebrows, right
between the eyes, scales fall from their eyes, see eye to eye, sheep's eyes, shut
their ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
3
South from Hell-fer-Sartin: Kentucky Mountain Folk Tales
Somebody had give her a one-eyed fish to eat. He jumped off the chimley and
run home and told 'em she shore was a witch. They were afraid to come back and
rob her because they thought she was a witch. Casting Sheep's Eyes ...
4
The Dictionary of Nautical, University, Gypsy and Other ...
SHEEN, bad money. Scotch. SHEEP'S EYES, "to make SHEEP'S EYES at a
person,” to cast amorous glances towards one on the sly: But he, the beast, was
casting SHEEP'S EYES at her, Out of his bullock head.” - Colman, Broad Grins, p.
57.
SHEEP'S EYES; OR, NEDDY NOODLe'S COURTSHIP. Air — " A Frog he would
a wooing go ." — (Emery.) SAYS Hodge, one day, to his son Ned, (Good news for
Neddy) " I think 'tis time, boy, thou shouldst wed, (He'gho! says Neddy) Thou ...
6
Duncombe's Edition of Mathews at Home; being the ...
For he, to get married most firmly was bent, So early 'next morning to the
butcher's he went, And'two or three shillings in sheep's eyes spent, (Deadras
mutton I'll have her says Neddy.) To the cottage, he hastened, of Farmer Giles,
Singing to] ...
Charles MATHEWS (the Elder.), 1821
7
The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the ...
SHEEP'S EYES; OR, NEDDY NOODLE's COURTsHIP. Air — " A Frog he would a
wooing go." — (Emery.) Says Hodge, one day, to his son Ned, (Good news fer
Neddy) " I think 'tis time, boy, thou shouldst wed, (Heigho! says Neddy) Thou
scest ...
8
Born Royal (Mills & Boon Vintage Intrigue)
“Oh, comeon, everyone knows that sheep's eyes are a big deal in Arab countries!
You make aspecial presentation ofthemto theguest of honour.” He lay back inhis
chair, his eyes alight with humour. “We present the sheep'seyes tothe guestof ...
9
Confessions of an Old Maid
at the ' parson"s' wife; now I can't agree with you, because if you say that the
Major cast sheep's eyes, by which you mean looking sly after her with his own
eyes, you say that he is what he is not. Now I tell you what he is, he is a calf! and
...
Edmund Frederick John Carrington, 1828
10
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
105, 1984 sheep's eyes noun a look that indicates attraction or sexual interest UK
, isn • [H]e was making sheep's eyes across the room at me from the first. —
Barbara Vine, The Dark-Adapted Eye, p. 109, 1986 sheepshagger; sheep
shagger ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHEEP'S EYES»
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sheep's eyes is used in the context of the following news items.
Kingwood High Schoolers partner with Deerwood Elementary fifth …
Kingwood High School freshmen and Deerwood Elementary fifth-graders open sheep's eyes with lab partners. (Clockwise from left): Chloe Kennedy, Cammie ... «Your Houston News, Apr 15»
Sheep's eyes and witchetty grubs — a test for British diplomacy
There are many ways to be a good diplomat — and, with geopolitics from Moscow to the Middle East looking increasingly volatile, good diplomats are as vital as ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
Ravens eating sheep eyes at Newton of Wiston Farm
Alex, of Newton of Wiston Farm, said that up to 20 of the fearless birds have been swooping down and “eating the sheep's eyes” while the woolly beasts are ... «Carluke Gazette, Jun 14»
Culturally correct insanity
Somali proverb says “Old sheep's eyes see the sky only after it is slaughtered”. The sudden outbreak of the Somali quake (i.e. civil war of 1991) had caught us by ... «Horseed Media, May 14»
You can't pull the wool over a sheep's eyes
Recent research has proved sheep are neither mindless nor stupid. But I already knew sheep were clever. We once had a ewe that started life as a tiny quad. «shropshirestar.com, Nov 13»
A Guide to Feasting on Brains, Balls, and Eyeballs Around the World
We boiled it down to the barf-inducing basics: brains, balls and eyes. ... enough, while they'll down sheep's eyes in Iceland, eating their brains is a big no-no. «Huffington Post, Nov 13»
Sheep's eyes and mealworms to raise money for Stacey
Sheep's eyes, mealworms, crickets and brains were on the menu. ... Everyone bravely swallowed a selection of delicacies laid on for them, including sheep ... «ITV News, Apr 13»
Hungry? Try some sheep's eyes or kangaroo tail
Hungry? Try some sheep's eyes or kangaroo tail. Author Neil Setchfield has compiled a glossy panorama of weird and often stomach-churning food from around ... «Toronto Star, Oct 10»
Glow in cattle's eyes may be a sign of mad cow disease
The eyes of cattle may reveal signs of neurological disorders such as mad cow ... They write in the journal Analytical Chemistry that sick sheep's eyes had a ... «BBC News, Sep 10»
