APAD: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

I couldn't help wondering when I see it. Does the singular 'eye' mean that the beholder has only one eye left (after a brawl, e.g.), it is a birth defect, or the person just has to close the other?

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• 情人眼裏出西施啊! 我看到一個T恤上寫得是: -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 09:56:57

• Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. -移花接木- ♂ (81 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 09:57:55

• 醉眼看世界更美？ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 10:47:10

• ?people who think they are drunk...... -移花接木- ♂ (730 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 12:44:25

• 喝了酒都成仙了，謂之酒仙。哈哈 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 17:05:31

• More beauty here. Cheers! :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 13:26:02

• Similar to “Apple of my eye”， 也是單數。是不是不是針對一個人，而是專門針對一隻眼睛？ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 14:35:21

• I have no idea. I can theorize but in the end, -7grizzly- ♀ (52 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 16:20:35

• 我理解為那是一隻眼睛瞳孔裏的圖像，不是說一個人的眼睛 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 17:25:38

• Make sense！ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/18/2023 postreply 18:11:28

• 是不是泛指所有的眼睛，不是單個人。 所以用單數？ -jianchi9090- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/19/2023 postreply 14:50:33

• It might be shaped by usage alone. -7grizzly- ♀ (110 bytes) () 03/19/2023 postreply 20:25:01