[sweetie pie] {n.}, {informal} A person who is loved; darling; sweetheart. * /Arnold blushed with pleasure when Annie called him her sweetie pie./ * /Nancy is Bill's sweetie pie./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

round-eyed

[round-eyed] or [wide-eyed] also [large-eyed] {adj.} Very much surprised; astonished; awed. * /The people were round-eyed when they learned what the computer could do./ * /The children were wide-eyed at […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bug-eyed

[bug-eyed] {adj.}, {slang} Wide-eyed with surprise. * /He stood there bug-eyed when told that he had won the award./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

misty-eyed

[misty-eyed] or [dewey-eyed] {adj. phr.} 1. Having eyes damp with tears; emotional. * /The teacher was misty-eyed when the school gave her a retirement gift./ 2. Of the kind who […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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talk back

[talk back] also [answer back] {v.} {informal} To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. * /When the teacher […]