keep your eyes to yourself

[alpacinou]

Hello

Imagine a girl goes to a bar. A boy keeps staring at her. What would she say to ask the boy to stop staring at her?

I am looking for an idiom which would mean "keep your eyes to yourself".

And is there an adjective for a man who keeps staring at women? I mean something other than pervert and creep!

 

[Robbadob]

The boy was leering at her. He was lecherous, lascivious.

 

[alpacinou]

What would the lady say in that situation which would mean "keep your eyes to yourself"?

Is there an idiom or a phrase?

 

[alpacinou]

There are a number of things she might say, but the words you have used are natural and idiomatic.

Could you kindly say some of the other things she might say?

 

[GoesStation]

Could you kindly say some of the other things she might say?

"What are you staring at?"

 

[alpacinou]

"What are you staring at?"

Thanks.

I need an imperative sentence, though.

 

[alpacinou]

Have you any particular reason for needing an imperative?

Yes. I am playing a game with my students online, and I need an imperative sentence for one student to say it to another one.

 

[Robbadob]

I might be wrong but there ain't no idioms for that.

 

[GoesStation]

I might be wrong but there [STRIKE]ain't[/STRIKE] are no idioms for that.

See above. You can use casual language like that in quoted dialog here or when discussing usage, but not in other messages.

 

[Skrej]

Probably the most natural imperative would be "Stop/quit staring at me", with a few choice expletives sprinkled in for flavor.

 

[emsr2d2]

I might be wrong but I believe/think that there [STRIKE]ain't no[/STRIKE] aren't any/are no idioms for that.

Note my changes above. As GoesStation indicated, we discourage the use of non-standard words/phrases here. That's why you won't see us use "wanna/gonna/ain't" and many others. We encourage the use of standard English. Once a learner is proficient and at a high level, it's up to them if they want to start learning and using colloquialisms, slang, vernacular etc. Generally, it's best to learn/use that sort of language once you're living in a country where it's the native language.

 

[alpacinou]

Probably the most natural imperative would be "Stop/quit staring at me", with a few choice expletives sprinkled in for flavor.

I see. I was hoping for an idiom. In my language, we have an idiom for that situation with literally translates to "make your eyes like a monk's eyes! "

 

[emsr2d2]

I see. I was hoping for an idiom.

It appears you are going to be disappointed.

 

[alpacinou]

Since there is no idiom, I may start a thread in another forum to come up with a colorful way of saying this.

 

[GoesStation]

Since there is no idiom, I may start a thread in another forum to come up with a colorful way of saying this.

That's fine. I'll close this thread then.