one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money
Red eyes at the sight of money, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à nqi á NY à NH ó ng, which means red eyes at the sight of money. It's from flowers in the mirror.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 58 of Jing Hua Yuan written by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: "the most easily distinguishable one is the thief's eyes, because he is jealous of money, so it is easy to distinguish."
Idiom usage
It refers to greed and love of money. example please don't be jealous of money. A gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way.
Chinese PinYin : jiàn qián yǎn hóng
one 's eyes grow round with delight at the sight of money
The truth is in the excrement. dào zài shǐ nì
Green in the evening and red in the morning. mù cuì cháo hóng
welcome the new and send off the old. yíng xīn sòng gù