Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Saucer Eyes

Big, round, glaring eyes.

Yet when a child (bless me!) I thought
That thou a pair of horns had'st got,
With eyes like saucers staring.

Peter Pindar: Ode to the Devil.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Saucer Oath
Sauce to the Goose is Sauce to the Gander
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