A gleam in someone's eye humorous noun phrase
An expression on one's face that alludes one's happiness or amusement, or has a secret
My mom has known I like Mary since she realized a gleam in my eye when speaking of Mary.
He failed to lie to me as I saw there was a gleam in his eye.
Something that is not yet in existence or under consideration
When this novel was written, you weren't even in a gleam of your mother's eye.
The project is still only a gleam in investors' eye.
To twist your face or eyes in an ugly way because you do not like something, because you are feeling pain, or because you are trying to be funny
1. A facial expression that indicates happiness or amusement
2. A plan or project that is not yet in existence
The origin of this phrase is not clear.