Tom was staring at Sarah in her bridal gown and couldn’t take his eyes off her because she looked gorgeous.If you can’t take your eyes off something, then you can’t stop looking at someone or something. In the blink of an eye, the thief got off the bus altogether with my wallet.It was a sunny day and in the blink of an eye, it started to rain.The idiom refers to something happening very quickly or instantly, just like the blink of an eye. The scientist wanted to take more precautions before investigating it, so I figured out there’s more to it than meets the eye.There is much more to it than meets the eye. This expression means that things are more complicated than they seemed at first. The famous football player is spending his holiday on a small island, away from the public eye.The famous fashion model has been in the public eye ever since her husband was murdered.Be in the public eyeĪ person who’s in the public eye is someone everyone is talking about we can see such people a lot in the news, on TV, etc. People in the audience were all eyes when the celebrity musician showed up on the stage.Ģ0 Idioms Using the Word EYE 8.The children were all eyes when they saw Santa Claus.If you are all eyes, then you’re watching something intently and with a lot of interest. My new apartment is the apple of my eye.Peter’s eldest son was the apple of his eye.If you say that someone or something is an apple of your eye, you say that it is your favourite person or thing. Gandhi once said that an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.But I’m sure things can’t be that simple when it comes to justice. The only law mafia respects is “an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth”.
#We will keep an eye out meaning full
The full expression is “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” with the same meaning. The expression “eye for an eye” starts from the idea that if someone did something wrong to you then you should do the same thing to them in return.
I know this road so well that I could drive with my eyes shut.I’ve been doing my job for so long that I could do it with my eyes closed.If you can do something with your eyes closed, either it is an easy thing to do or you are very skilled at doing it. Can do something with your eyes shut/closed Robert’s report provided a bird’s eye view of the company’s financial situation.Ĥ.When we were on holiday, our hotel room was on the top floor so we had a beautiful bird’s eye view of the surrounding.one refers to a view you get from a high place such as an aeroplane or a tall building the other has a figurative meaning, referring to seeing things more clearly. My wife likes romantic movies, so I suppose her eyes will be on stalks when she sees this one.Brian’s eyes were out on stalks when he saw his parents at the door at 3 a.m.Anyway, this idiom is to show us the high degree of someone’s amazement or eager curiosity. If your eyes are out on stalks, then you are so surprised by what you see that your eyes almost pop out, like in cartoons. My mum then tells me that my eyes are bigger than my stomach. Sometimes when I revise for my exams, I get nervous and eat too much.I put too much food on my plate and now I can’t eat all of it.
We usually use this idiom to say that you took more food than you can eat. Your eyes are bigger than your belly/stomach Can do something with your eyes shut/closedġ.
Today, it is about 20 idioms using the word EYE. Hi dear English learners! Here is another lesson with body parts idioms.
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