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sight for sore eyes

[sight for sore eyes] {n. phr.}, {informal} A welcome sight. * /After our long, dusty hike, the pond was a sight for sore eyes./ * /"Jack! You're a sight for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

sore spot

[sore spot] or [sore point] {n.} A weak or sensitive part; a subject or thing about which someone becomes angry or upset easily. * /Don't ask Uncle John why his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

stick out like a sore thumb

[stick out like a sore thumb] {v. phr.} To be conspicuous; be different from the rest. * /When the foreign student was placed in an advanced English grammar class by […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

eye

[eye] See: [APPLE OF ONE'S EYE], [BAT AN EYE] or [BAT AN EYELASH], [BELIEVE ONE'S EYES], [CATCH ONE'S EYE], [CLEAR-EYED], [CLOSE ONE'S EYES] or [SHUT ONE'S EYES], [EYES OPEN], [EYE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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pass by the board

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put by

[put by] {v.} To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

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