Doe-eyed/gazelle-eyed

Greek translation: Ελαφίσια μάτια

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English term or phrase:	Doe-eyed/gazelle-eyed
Greek translation:	Ελαφίσια μάτια
Entered by:	Hellinas

14:32 Jun 30, 2016

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English term or phrase: Doe-eyed/gazelle-eyed

'Her eyes were deep and lustrous, like the eyes of a gazelle, and with one flutter of her eyelashes she could have reduced the world to ruins'.
This quotation (from Stephen Payne's Carrying the Torch - a book I love) would be an excellent exercise for one of your experts to put their hand to. It could be a description of Audrey Hepburn. What is the Greek for the above term or a paraphrase thereof, since gazelle eyes are the beautiful characteristic of one who has soft lustrous & expressive eyes, like the paradise girls or houris.

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Ελαφίσια μάτια

Explanation:
We use the phrase "ελαφίσια μάτια" meaning the eyes of a deer to express admiration for a woman who has beautiful, big, expressive and innocent eyes.

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Ελαφίσια μάτια

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doe-eyed/gazelle-eyed

Ελαφίσια μάτια

Explanation:
We use the phrase "ελαφίσια μάτια" meaning the eyes of a deer to express admiration for a woman who has beautiful, big, expressive and innocent eyes.

Example sentence(s):

Ανεπανάληπτα, ελαφίσια μάτια, που μου προκαλούν ζαλάδα

Reference: http://www.oneman.gr/gynaikes/special_edition/gynaikes-me-te...

Lina Efthimiadou
Bulgaria
Local time: 08:47
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Thanks to Lima & Nick, for his excellent note. Lima's reference was particularly helpful.

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