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someone's eyes are out on stalks (informal, informal)

if someone's eyes are out on stalks, they are looking at someone or something in a way that shows that they think that person or thing is extremely surprising or attractive. You should have seen Pete when Bec turned up in her short skirt. His eyes were out on stalks.

See also: eye

a stalking horse

1. a politician who tests the strength of a party's support for its leader by competing for the job of leading the party although they do not really intend to be elected. He was a stalking horse, intended to undermine what was regarded at the time as a weak leadership.

2. something that is used to hide someone's real purpose. It's feared that the talks are just a stalking horse for a much wider deal between the two parties.

See also: horse