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Have\/Keep your eye on somebody.<\/span><\/b> Clap\/Lay\/Set eyes on somebody\/something<\/span><\/b> The naked eye.<\/span><\/b> Be all eyes.<\/span><\/b> Catch somebody’ eye.<\/span><\/b> Eye contact.<\/span><\/b> Cannot take your eyes off somebody\/something.<\/span><\/b> Look somebody in the eye.<\/span><\/b> Run\/cast your eye over something.<\/span><\/b> Keep your eye on something\/somebody.<\/span><\/b> Keep an eye out for something.<\/span><\/b> Keep your eyes open.<\/span><\/b> Have eyes in the back of your head.<\/span><\/b> Have eyes like a hawk.<\/span><\/b> Have your eye on something.<\/span><\/b> Not see eye to eye with.<\/span><\/b> Not be able to believe your eye.<\/span><\/b> Eyes popping out of your head.<\/span><\/b> Make eyes at somebody.<\/span><\/b> Only have eyes for somebody.<\/span><\/b> Have your eye on somebody.<\/span><\/b> Have a (good) eye for something.<\/span><\/b> In the eyes of the law\/the world\/ the police etc.<\/span><\/b> To my eye.<\/span><\/b> Be up to your eyes in something.<\/span><\/b> Have eyes bigger than your stomach.<\/span><\/b> One in the eye for.<\/span><\/b> More to something\/somebody than meets the eye.<\/span><\/b> With your eyes open.<\/span><\/b> Close\/shut your eyes to something.<\/span><\/b> The most common idioms we use in our daily life? Have\/Keep your eye on somebody. To be carefully watching everything that someone does, especially because you do not trust them to do things properly. I have got my eye on you now, so you do as you’re told. Clap\/Lay\/Set eyes on somebody\/something An expression meaning …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,7759],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTo be carefully watching everything that someone does, especially because you do not trust them to do things properly.
\nI have got my eye on you now, so you do as you’re told.<\/p>\n
\nAn expression meaning to see someone or something, used especially when you are surprised or shocked.
\nI had never clapped eyes on him before in my life.<\/p>\n
\nIf you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using any artificial help such as a telescope or microscope.
\nOn a cleared night these stars can be seen with the naked eye.<\/p>\n
\nEspecially spoken to watch carefully what is happening or someone is doing.
\nWe were all eyes as he slowly walked towards the stags.
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\nIn front of\/before your (very) eyes.<\/span><\/b>
\nAn expression meaning happening so that you can see it clearly. Used especially when what you see is surprising or shocking.
\nLadies and gentlemen, before your eyes, I will now make this rabbit disappear.<\/p>\n
\na)\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0To attract someone’s attention and make them look at something:
\nAll of a sudden something red caught his eye.
\nb)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b> \u00a0To look at someone at the same moment that they are looking at you.
\nI caught his eye in the rear-view mirror and knew what he was thinking.<\/p>\n
\nIf you have eye contact with someone, you look directly at them and they look directly at you.
\nAlways establish eye contact with the customer; it inspires confidence.<\/p>\n
\nTo be unable to stop looking at someone or something, especially because they are very attractive or interesting.
\nShe was so beautiful, I simply couldn’t take my eyes off her.<\/p>\n
\n(Usually in negatives) To look directly and steadily at someone because you are not embarrassed or ashamed.
\nI couldn’t look him in the eye afterwards, knowing that I had lost all that money.<\/p>\n
\nTo look at something quickly without reading it in detail.
\nCould you just cast your eye over this report before I hand it in?<\/p>\n
\nTo look after someone or something and make sure that they are safe.
\nRazia offered to keep an eye on the baby while I went out.<\/p>\n
\nTo hope to notice or find something.
\nCould you keep an eye out for my red pen? I seem to have mislaid it.<\/p>\n
\nSpoken to watch carefully for something.
\nKeep your eyes open for a suitable picnic spot.<\/p>\n
\nTo know what is happening all round you, even when this might seem impossible.
\nYou need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.<\/p>\n
\nTo notice every small detail or everything that is happening, and therefore to be difficult to deceive.
\nWe never got away with anything in Mrs. Naseem’s class’ she had eyes like a hawk.<\/p>\n
\nTo notice something that you want to buy or have.
\nI have got my eye on a nice little sports car that I am saving up for.<\/p>\n
\nTo always disagree with someone.
\nShe never saw eye to eye with her daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n
\nUsed when you see something very surprising.
\nI couldn’t believe my eyes. There she was, stark naked.<\/p>\n
\nUsed when you are very surprised or shocked by something you see.
\nMy eyes popped out of my head when I saw him lying dead on the floor.<\/p>\n
\nTo look at someone in the way that shows you find them sexually attractive.
\nShe spent the whole evening making eyes at other men.<\/p>\n
\nIf someone only has eyes for someone else, they only love and are interested in that one person.
\nI knew that it was hopeless ‘Shahid only had eyes for his wife.<\/p>\n
\nTo notice someone, especially because you think they are attractive.
\nI hear you have got you eye on a new player for the team.<\/p>\n
\nTo be good and noticing and recognizing what is attractive, valuable, of good quality etc.
\nMy sister has a good eye for colour.<\/p>\n
\nIn the opinion or judgment of the law, the world, the police etc.
\nIn the eyes of the law, stealing is an offence, no matter what your motives are.<\/p>\n
\nSpoken when you want to give your opinion about the way something looks.
\nTo my eye, the paint seemed darker than it had seemed in the shop.<\/p>\n
\nTo be very busy doing something.
\nI really can’t attend to anything else just now — I am up to my eyes in paperwork as it is.
\nWith your eyes closed\/shut.
\nEasily and without any difficulty.
\nI do not know why you are so worried ‘you can win this match with your eyes closed.<\/p>\n
\nTo take more food than you are able to eat.
\nI can’t finish this cake’ I must have eyes bigger than my stomach.<\/p>\n
\nA defeat or disappointment for someone else, usually used when you are pleased about it.
\nIf we win the cup, it will be\u00a0 one in the eye for Shakeel, we would not even make it to the final.<\/p>\n
\nIf there is more to a situation, problem, or person than meets the eye, they are more complicated than they seem to be at first.
\nI reckon there’s more to this reemployment scheme than meets the eye.<\/p>\n
\nKnowing fully what the problems, difficulties, results etc of a situation might be.
\nYou went into this with your eyes open, so it’s no use complaining now!<\/p>\n
\nTo ignore something or pretend that you do not know it is happening.
\nI closed my eyes to the fact she wasn’t supposed to be there, and bought her a drink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"