- (a) roving eye
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if someone has a roving eye, they are sexually attracted to people other than their partner.
She left her husband because she was fed up with his roving eye.
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(a) roving eye
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roving eye — a tendency towards promiscuity Usually, but not exclusively, an ocular affliction of males, and not referring to the ceaseless vigilance of a mariner on watch: This was a predator, a huntress, Artemis for pants. Old Cap n Hawley called… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
have a roving eye — To tend to show a fleeting sexual interest in successive members of the opposite sex • • • Main Entry: ↑rove * * * have a roving eye phrase to be always looking for an opportunity to start a new sexual relationship Thesaurus: feeling sexual… … Useful english dictionary
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eye — n. organ of sight 1) to blink; close, shut; open; roll; squint one s eyes 2) to drop, lower; lift, raise one s eyes 3) to rest; strain one s eyes 4) to lay, set one s eyes on smt. ( to see smt. ) 5) to keep one s eyes open, peeled (esp. AE),… … Combinatory dictionary
roving — [[t]ro͟ʊvɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use roving to describe a person who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place. He is to join the BBC to cover the Olympic Games in Barcelona next month as a roving reporter... Left to raise themselves … English dictionary
eye — Maka; ōnohi (fig.). Kinds: mākole, pīheka, noe ula, maka pili. See maka, cross eyed, epicanthic fold, inflamed, pinkeye, tooth. ♦ Eyes at a joint, pu upu u. ♦ Coconut eye, puka wai. ♦ Mother of pearl eye, makaiwa. ♦ Needle eye,… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
roving — rov|ing [ rouvıŋ ] adjective traveling around from place to place, especially as part of your job: a roving ambassador/reporter have a roving eye to be always looking for an opportunity to start a new sexual relationship … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
roving — UK [ˈrəʊvɪŋ] / US [ˈroʊvɪŋ] adjective travelling around from place to place, especially as part of your job a roving ambassador/reporter • have a roving eye … English dictionary
have a roving eye — to be always looking for an opportunity to start a new sexual relationship … English dictionary
rov|ing — rov|ing1 «ROH vihng», adjective. 1. wandering; roaming; nomadic: »the roving tribes of the desert, a roving band of robbers. 2. inclined to wander or roam: »roving thoughts, a roving mind, a young lover with a roving eye. 3. not limited to a… … Useful english dictionary
