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IDIOMS WITH

cast an/your eye over sth

to look quickly at something:

- Could you cast an eye over this report for me?

draw sb's eye(s)

to attract someone's attention:

- Her eyes were immediately drawn to the tall blond man standing at the bar.

to the untrained eye

- to someone without the skill or knowledge to judge what they see:

- To the untrained eye, most fake diamonds look real.

to the, my, etc. untutored eye

if or because you are, I am, etc. an untutored person:

- You see, to my untutored eye that just looks like a load of random brush strokes and yet it's a

very valuable painting.

the apple of sb's eye OLD-FASHIONED

the person who someone loves most and is very proud of:

- His youngest daughter was the apple of his eye.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder SAYING

used to express the fact that not all people have the same opinions about what is attractive

[= rm ai va mi ngi ny]

in the blink of an eye

extremely quickly:

- In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

catch sb's eye

to get someone's attention:

- A sudden movement caught my eye.

to get someone's attention, especially by looking at them:

- I tried to catch the waiter's eye, so we could order.

to be attractive or different enough to be noticed by someone:

- It was the unusual colour of his jacket that caught my eye.

have/keep your eye on the clock)

to be looking to see what the time is, usually because you are bored or eager to leave:

- I had a train to catch, so I was watching the clock all through the meeting.

out of/from the corner of your eye

If you see something out of/from the corner of your eye, you see it but not clearly because it

happens to the side of you:

- I saw something move out of the corner of my eye.

not a dry eye in the house

used to mean that all the people at a particular place felt very emotional about what they had

seen or heard and many of them were crying

easy on the eye/ear

pleasant to look at/listen to:

- Her paintings are very easy on the eye.

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all eyes are on sb/sth

If all eyes are on someone or something, everyone is watching that person or thing and waiting

to see what will happen:

- All eyes are on the prime minister to see how he will respond to the challenge to his leadership.

an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) SAYING

said to show that you believe if someone does something wrong, they should be punished by

having the same thing done to them (v qut dy-mng tay nhn)

be all eyes

to watch someone or something with a lot of interest: nhn m ui, say m

- We were all eyes as the celebrity guests emerged from the car.

be more to sth than meets the eye

If there is more to something than meets the eye, it is more difficult to understand or involves

more things than you thought at the beginning.

be one in the eye for sb UK

to be a disappointment or defeat for someone:

- His promotion was one in the eye for his rivals.

be up to your eyes in sth

to be very busy doing something:

- I'm up to my eyes in school reports this week.

before your very eyes

while you are watching:

- Then, before my very eyes, she disappeared.

clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth

to see someone or something for the first time:

- Everyone keeps talking about Patrick, but I've never clapped eyes on the man.

sb's eyes are bigger than their belly / stomach HUMOROUS

something that you say when someone has taken more food than they can eat (con mt to hn

bng)

have eyes in the back of your head

to know everything that is happening around you:

- Parents of young children need to have eyes in the back of their heads.

keep your eyes peeled/skinned

to watch carefully for someone or something:

- Keep your eyes peeled for Polly and Maisie.

make eyes at sb OLD-FASHIONED

to look at someone with sexual interest:

- She was making eyes at him all evening.

not take your eyes off sb/sth

to not stop looking at someone or something:

- He was so handsome - I couldn't take my eyes off him.

take your eye off the ball

to not give your attention to what you are doing at the time:

- If you're a manager, you can't afford to take your eye off the ball for one minute.

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to my eye

used when giving your opinion about the appearance of something or someone:

- You see, to my eye, she looks better without make-up.

with your eyes open

knowing about all the problems there could be with something you want to do:

I went into this marriage with my eyes open.

with your eyes closed/shut

If someone could do something with their eyes closed or shut, they could do it very easily

because they have done it many times:

- I could do that journey with my eyes shut.

noticing nothing:

- Half the time you go around with your eyes shut.

give sb the glad eye OLD-FASHIONED SLANG

to look at someone in a way that shows you find them sexually attractive:

- All the men were giving her the glad eye.

be more to this than meets the eye

If there is more to something than meets the eye, it is more difficult to understand or involves

more things than you thought at the beginning.

in your mind's eye

in your imagination or memory:

- In my mind's eye, she remains a little girl of six although she's actually a grown woman.

here 's mud in your eye ! INFORMAL

sometimes said by people in a friendly way just before drinking an alcoholic drink together

when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye HUMOROUS

at a time before someone was born

have a roving eye OLD-FASHIONED HUMOROUS

If you say that someone has a roving eye, you mean that they are always sexually interested in

people other than their partner.

in the twinkling of an eye

If something happens in the twinkling of an eye, it happens very quickly:

- Microprocessors do the calculations in the twinkling of an eye.

turn a blind eye

to ignore something that you know is wrong:

- Management often turn a blind eye to bullying in the workplace.

see eye to eye

If two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other:

- My sisters don't see eye to eye with me about the arrangements.

run your eye over sth

to look quickly at the whole of something:

- Can I have a copy of the article to run my eye over, before it's printed?

be in the public eye

to be famous and written about in newspapers and magazines and seen on television

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

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