sight for sore eyes: o que isso significa?

Imagine one thing you wish you could see the most right now! The expression of today has to do with what you could say in the case that something you wished for suddenly appeared right in front of you. For example, imagine you wished for your favorite dessert and out of nowhere your mother brought it from the supermarket and left it right in front of you. What would you say? Well, there's a lot of things to say, but one of them could be: That's sight for sore eyes!

When you say something's sight for sore eyes, you're faced with a very welcome sight, like the one of your favorite dessert. As a second example, think of a person you haven't seen in a lot of time and that you miss very much. Now imagine that person suddenly showing up at your house. In that situation, many people would say: that's sight for sore eyes! I'm glad to see you here! Beware that sometimes you say that expression referring to something you expected to see, but it can also work for things that show up unexpectedly. And that's all for today guys. See you around!