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This week we study idioms that are related to the eyes. Be/become/seem all eyes: look attentively and keenly, usually at something pleasant. The audience was all eyes as the magic show started. Before/under someone’s eyes: in someone’s presence; with someone watching. He took my sister’s mobile phone from right under her eyes and she was too shocked to say anything. Do something with one’s eyes closed: be able to do something very easily. I took some time to learn how to knit but now I can do it with my eyes closed. With one’s eyes open: knowing all the problems that there could be with something that one wants to do. I know that opting for another profession at this stage is risky but I am doing it with my eyes open. Have eyes in the back of one’s head: be very alert; see and notice everything going on around one. Even when my mother is busy with her work, she knows what my brother and I are up to. She seems to have eyes in the back of her head. Have never set eyes on someone/something: one has never seen someone/something. This is the first time I am seeing this report. I have never set eyes on it before. Keep one’s eyes skinned/peeled: to watch very carefully for something. Keep your eyes peeled for the house with a red roof; we have to turn left from there. Only have eyes for someone: interested in or attracted to only one person. She has eyes only for him even though he has told her he is in love with someone else. Open someone’s eyes: make someone realise the truth (usually unpleasant) I always thought he was an upright person but when I caught him going through my papers, it opened my eyes to his devious nature. Something/someone is a sight for sore eyes: one feels happy to see something/someone. After a whole day of trekking in the hot sun, the cool lake was a sight for sore eyes. (Reference: Cambridge
International Dictionary of Idioms) |
