金かな壺つぼ眼まなこ

noun

goggle-eyes; round, sunken eyes; greedy look

Describes eyes that are round and deeply set, often with a connotation of greed or intense desire. The word is somewhat old-fashioned and literary.

• 彼かれは金かな壺つぼ眼まなこでじっと料りょう理りを見みつめていた。

  He stared at the food with goggle-eyes.

• その老ろう人じんはかなつぼまなこで、少すこし怖こわい印いん象しょうを与あたえた。

  The old man had round, sunken eyes that gave a slightly scary impression.