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roving eye

A propensity to be unfaithful to a romantic partner. Mary dumped Luke after discovering that he had a roving eye.

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have a roving eye

Euph. to be flirtatious; to be interested in having sexual relations outside of marriage. (Usually used to describe men.) Poor Maria. Her husband has a roving eye. When they were first married, he had a roving eye.

See also: eye, have, roving

a roving eye

  (humorous)

if someone has a roving eye, they are sexually attracted to people other than their partner She left her husband because she was fed up with his roving eye.

See also: eye, roving