dollar-sign eyes
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to the convention of drawing cartoon characters with their eyes replaced by dollar signs in a moment of greed.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
dollar-sign eyes pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic, figurative) Greediness or a moment of greediness.
- 2011, Dewey Boyd Reynolds, Master of Plagues, page 284:
- Like other big cities he'd traveled to, the dollar-sign eyes of the young women couldn't resist staring at the fancy automobile he drove.
Usage notes[edit]
- This figurative sense may be used as if the speaker is talking about actual eyes, for example: to look at (something) with dollar-sign eyes.