eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket

eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket

Eyes that are ringed with dark circles. It's only been a few weeks since we brought our infant daughter home, and I've already got eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket. A: "Are you OK? You have eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket." B: "An alarm was going off in our building all night, so I barely got any sleep." A: "No amount of concealer helps when you've got eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket!" B: "Why don't you try getting more sleep?"

See also: blanket, burnt, eye, hole, like, two

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eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket

Rur. eyes with dark circles around them. I can tell you ain't slept. You got eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket.

See also: blanket, burnt, eye, hole, like, two

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