Open blue eyes

[nyggus]

Does "open blue eyes" that someone has (not for the moment, but in general) mean that s/he has wide-open blue eyes? Or maybe these two have different meaning, and for example wide-open are more open than just open eyes?

Thanks,
Nyggus

[Barb_D]

This is not a standard phrase.

If you say someone has an "open" look, it's more about personality. You feel you can go talk to that person. This would be in contrast to a "guarded" look or a "haunted look."

Perhaps the person was combining that aspect of a description with the actual color of her eyes.

[Naamplao]

Does "open blue eyes" that someone has (not for the moment, but in general) mean that s/he has wide-open blue eyes? Or maybe these two have different meaning, and for example wide-open are more open than just open eyes?

Thanks,
Nyggus

Give us a sample sentence to work with. Context is important when interpreting this phrase.

[nyggus]

Give us a sample sentence to work with. Context is important when interpreting this phrase.

It's just a description of a person. It's from Jane Walsh's "Not like this":

"Father was tall, golden-haired, with a well-shaped mouth and open blue eyes. Though he himself was Lancashire born, his parents had come over from Ireland, and he had a large quota of Irish charm." And so on...

Thanks,
Nyggus

[Anglika]

It means that his eyes looked wide open, rather like a baby's eyes look [and they are blue in colour].

[nyggus]

It means that his eyes looked wide open, rather like a baby's eyes look [and they are blue in colour].

And this is my first guess, in fact.

Thanks you all,
Nyggus