have a roving eye

have a roving eye
have a roving eye
Euph. to be flirtatious; to be interested in having sexual relations outside of marriage. (Usually used to describe men.) •

Poor Maria. Her husband has a roving eye.

When they were first married, he had a roving eye.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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