| Idiom | Sight for Sore Eyes |
|---|---|
| Example | Mel was lost in the woods and getting hungry. All of a sudden he saw a sight for sore eyes—a park ranger at a hot-dog stand. |
| Meaning | a most welcome, unexpected sight; a pleasant surprise |
| Origin | In the 1700s an imaginative writer wrote that a welcome sight could figuratively cure sore eyes. What made the eyes "sore"? Some painful, worrisome, or distressing situation, most likely. Today, if you're in some kind of trouble, and into your view comes someone or something that can help, that's a "sight for sore eyes." |
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