Why inversion? (meets the eye)

0 I think it is short for "WHAT meets the eye", meaning that there is much more there than the eyes can see 0-

0 'more than meets the eye' is an idiom, meaning that there is more there than is at first obvious. Often used metaphorically, for example with regards to someone's personality, rather than about something you are literally looking at. 02br
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00'There's more to him than meets the eye' means that there is something about his skills/character/personality that may not be ob

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00No, this is not inversion. The underlying idea is that "something meets the eye", not that "the eye meets something". The eye is the direct object, the passive recipient of the stimuli, provided in this case by the "vast clouds". 02br
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00These vast clouds meet the eye, but even more meets the eye as well. 02br
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0 First of all, thank you all for help. 02br
00I think there are some cultural differences among different countries. In China, we never say :"sth meets the eye" , but we do say:" the eye meets sth". So that is how my question raised here. 02br
00Thank you again for help! 0-

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00 there are some cultural differences among different countries. In China, we never say :"sth meets the eye" , but we do say:" the eye meets sth".12blockquote

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00An interesting argument. In my native tongue Japanese we say like "Her nice body 01i00entered my eyes02i00, and I