eye1 nouneye2 verb
eyeeye1 /aɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINeye1
Origin:
Old English eageEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Close your eyes and go to sleep.
- Elika has green eyes.
- Her eyes were bright with happiness.
- A cloak concealed his body from prying eyes.
- Before our eyes the land is literally being ripped apart.
- Lambs' eyes and bulls' bollocks for dinner.
- Like zucchini, there are only so many you can give away before friends, neighbors and co-workers avoid eye contact.
- Luckily, Janice had already glanced away, her eyes circling with interest the splendid sitting-room.
- She had a lovely pale oval madonna face with blue eyes and her hair was light-brown.
- The grey eyes met mine for the fraction of a moment, then she faced the King.
- Their blue eyes seemed so un-human, and he wondered how they could see out of them.
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] a substance used for treating illness: · Certain medicines should not be taken with alcohol.· Has he taken his medicine?
noun [countable] a small piece of medicine that you swallow: · She managed to swallow the pill with a sip of water.· The doctor gave him some pills.· sleeping pills· diet pills· contraceptive pills
noun [countable] especially British English a small piece of solid medicine: · She’s now on four tablets a day.· a five-day course of tablets· sleeping tablets· anti-malaria tablets
· The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.· Why don’t you take some aspirin?· The tablets contain codeine, which is unsuitable for people with asthma.
noun [countable] a small tube-shaped container with medicine inside that you swallow whole: · a bottle of 500 capsules of vitamin C· I advised her to take four to six garlic capsules a day for the duration of the treatment.
noun [countable] a small smooth pill that is slightly longer than it is wide – used especially on bottles and containers: · In small type, the consumer is warned not to take more than one caplet per day.
liquid medicine that you put into your eye or ear: · Remember — if you’re using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
noun [countable, uncountable] especially British English (also lotion especially American English) a thick smooth substance containing medicine, that you put on your skin: · an antibiotic cream· antiseptic cream· skin cream
noun [countable] a medicine or a substance for making medicines: · a drug used to treat malaria· There are a wide range of different drugs on the market.
noun [countable usually singular] the amount of medicine that you should take at one time: · The dosage should be reduced to 0.5 mg.· It’s important to get the dosage right.
noun [countable, uncountable] medicine or drugs given to someone who is ill: · He takes medication for his diabetes.· She’s on medication (=taking medication), having suffered from depression for a number of years.
Longman Language Activatorreceiving a lot of attention in newspapers etc to receive a lot of attention, so that a lot of what you do is reported in newspapers, on television etc: · The President's family is constantly in the public eye.· Marks has kept himself in the public eye for years by filing bizarre lawsuits.
to receive a lot of attention in newspapers, on television etc, but often only for a short period of time: · The band is in the spotlight again because of its recent hit single.· How do her children feel about having a mother who's constantly in the limelight?
receiving a lot of attention from newspapers, television etc, and talked about by a lot of people: · The much talked about new museum is somewhat disappointing.· She is Australia's most talked about TV actress.
if someone's name is on everyone's lips they are very well known and talked about for a short time, usually as a result of a news story: · As a result of the scandal, the tall Texan millionaire's name was on everyone's lips.
often attracting a lot of attention because of your position in society or your job: · a high-profile civil rights lawyer· a high-profile position as Chief Executive
to ignore something bad, even though you know it is wrong to ignore something wrong that someone has done, especially because it is unimportant: · I'll overlook your mistake this time.· Mrs Johnson tends to overlook any small faults the girls may have.· Although this is a first offence it cannot be overlooked.
to decide not to punish or criticize someone for doing something wrong, although you might do so if they do it again: · I think they've broken the rules, but I'll let it pass.· Howard had insulted her, but she thought it better to let it pass this time.
if someone in authority turns a blind eye to illegal activity or bad behaviour, they ignore it and pretend they do not know about it: · If my sister did something wrong my mother always turned a blind eye.· The guards turned a blind eye when the prisoners stole food from the kitchen.turn a blind eye to: · The President could no longer turn a blind eye to the indiscretions of his Chief of Staff.
to ignore something and pretend it does not exist because it is unpleasant or difficult to deal with: · The officials in charge of the Chernobyl power station had shut their eyes to the danger.· Of course, it is tempting to criticize other countries and close your eyes to all the problems of your own society.
to ignore an unpleasant situation and hope it will stop if you try not to think about it: · You'll never solve your problems if you just bury your head in the sand -- you have to face them.
to look after something to keep something in good condition and make sure that it does not get broken, damaged, or stolen: · You can have a new bike for Christmas if you promise to look after it.· You could see someone had been looking after the garden, even though the house had been empty for years.· The miniature railway is looked after by local volunteers.look after something for somebody: · You don't mind looking after the place for me while I'm away, do you?
especially spoken to look after something that belongs to someone else for a short time, by watching it to make sure that it does not get stolen or damaged: · Tom went into the library while I kept an eye on the bikes.· Does a neighbor keep an eye on your house while you are away?· Can you keep an eye on my bags while I go to the toilet?
to make sure that a car, machine, place, or building is in good condition by checking it and repairing it when necessary: · Residents work in the downstairs shop, and also help to maintain the building. · His role is to maintain the society's fleet of vans, ready to respond in any emergency.· An attempt was being made to maintain the grounds, but weeds were starting to grow in the driveway.
the job of maintaining a car, building, place, or machine: · A car is quite a big expense, especially when you consider maintenance.· Because there had been no maintenance, the college buildings were in a poor state.· the maintenance of public roadsroutine maintenance (=simple maintenance that must be done regularly): · Most gas appliances require routine maintenance once a year to ensure safety.maintenance costs (=the amount of money it costs to maintain something): · The city is paying $30,000 in annual maintenance costs.
the work or process of looking after something in order to keep it in good condition: care of: · She has become a leading expert on the care and maintenance of Renaissance paintings.· Care of the environment has become a priority in government thinking.· These photocopiers require a little extra care to keep them running right.hair-care/skin-care etc: · hair-care products· I'd advise you to follow a new skin care routine.
the continuous process and cost involved in keeping something in good condition, especially a building or garden: the upkeep of something: · The trustees are responsible for the upkeep of the bridge. · The Council's contribution towards the upkeep of the church is very much appreciated.· You get more for your money if you buy an old house, but upkeep costs will be higher
to look after someone especially British to spend time with a child or with someone who is old or sick, and make sure they are safe and have the things they need: · Can you look after the kids for me this afternoon?· I've told you, I can't come. There's no one to look after Frieda.· Jonathon has no idea what it means to take care of a baby all day long. · We specialize in helping caregivers who take care of relatives in their own homes.
to look after someone who is very ill or very old by doing everything for them: · Elsie had to leave her job to care for her sick father.· St Helen's Hospice, which cares for the terminally ill, is holding a special fund-raising week.· It is one of the only charities to care for Aids patients and ex-prisoners.
British to look after children for a short time while their parents are out doing something else: · The woman who minds Pip and Emma collects them from school and gives them an evening meal.· Mothers who work part-time are able to mind other people's children when they are not working.
also sit American to look after children in the evening while their parents go out somewhere, especially when they pay you a small amount of money for doing this: · I'll ask Jane to babysit on Wednesday night.· Ask Alex and Joan next time you're babysitting.babysit for: · He used to babysit for Mary when she worked nights.· Jenny sat for us last Friday evening when we went to the movies.
to stay with a child and watch them to see that they are safe, especially for a short time: · Benjy, I want you to stay in the yard where I can keep an eye on you.· Would you mind keeping an eye on Stacey while I go for a cigarette?keep a close/careful/watchful eye on somebody: · He warned parents to continue to keep a close eye on their children.
to look after someone who is ill and to make them well again or to make them comfortable: · Tony nursed his wife through her long illness without ever complaining.· Irina had wanted to nurse him, but the doctors had sent her away.nurse somebody back to health (=look after a sick person until they are well again): · The monks tended his wounds and nursed him back to health.
British /caregiver American someone who looks after another person who is too young or ill to look after himself or herself - used especially on official forms, in official letters, in newspapers etc: · Hospital staff can provide additional home support for carers.· We have a high number of volunteer carers at the day centre.· Like many caregivers, Marian gave up her job to provide 24-hour care for an elderly relative.
to notice someone or something to realize that something is there or that something is happening, when you see it, hear it, or feel it: · "Julie's home." "Yes, I noticed her bicycle outside."· Do you notice anything different about my hair?notice (that): · As she was about to leave, she noticed that the kitchen window was open.· Dominic took a huge slice of cake, hoping no one would notice.· I noticed that he was rather quiet during dinner.notice how/when/where etc: · Did you notice what he was wearing?· She was worried that her boss would notice how long she had been gone.notice somebody doing something: · I was about to leave when I noticed someone coming up the driveway.
to know that something is true, because you notice signs that show you this: can see/can tell (that): · We could tell that she had been crying.· I can see you're not really enjoying this.
spoken say this to mention something that you have noticed: I see (that): · I see that the new De Niro movie is playing this weekend.· I see you've been working out.
to see something or someone that is difficult to notice, or something or someone that no one else notices: · I'm glad you spotted the mistake before it was too late.· If you spot Mom and Dad coming, warn me.· I dropped my keys in the grass, but luckily Jim spotted them.spot somebody doing something: · Police finally caught up with Serrano when he was spotted eating in an Upper East Side restaurant.difficult/easy to spot: · She won't be difficult to spot -- she's got pink hair and weighs about 300 pounds.
to gradually begin to notice something: become aware/conscious (that): · I slowly became aware that I was the only woman in the bar.· He became conscious that everyone in the room had suddenly gotten quiet.become aware/conscious of: · It wasn't until after the game that he became aware of the bruises on his legs.· She became conscious of a growing amount of hostility between them.
if something or someone catches your eye , you notice them and like them because they are interesting, attractive, or unusual: · I was walking through the market when a beautiful dress caught my eye.· Wright caught the eye of filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial.
to notice something that is difficult to see, hear etc, especially because it is very small, faint, or unclear: · Marlowe detected a faint smell of perfume as he entered the room.· She wasn't moving or responding, but he detected a slow heartbeat.· Do I detect a note of sarcasm in your voice?· The system is so sensitive that it can detect changes in temperature as small as 0.003 of a degree.
to notice a fact or detail and remember it, because it tells you something about a person or because it might be useful to you in the future: · I noted her habit of looking at the floor whenever I asked her a question.note how/when etc: · He chatted to her, noting how her face reddened every time Ian's name was mentioned.note that: · Note that the compound is more stable at high temperatures.could/can not help but note that: · I couldn't help but note that Jenny doesn't phone or call around to see you anymore.it should be noted that: · It should be noted that the witness did not recognize the defendant.
formal to notice something as a result of watching or studying it closely: · I didn't observe anything out of the ordinary about her behaviour that day.observe that: · Psychologists observed that the mice became more aggressive when they were put in smaller cages.
formal to notice something, especially something that is difficult to notice: · Although Jane thought her father seemed anxious and uneasy, Susan did not perceive any change in his looks or ways.perceive (that): · The prime minister will only resign if he perceives there is no other way out of the crisis.· If they perceive that a military challenge threatens their country's interests, they will not hesitate to fight.
when something or someone is different from the way they seem use this to say that someone or something is more interesting, important, intelligent etc than they seem to be: · "I didn't know he wrote poetry." "Yes -- he also does painting. There's more to him than meets the eye."· People think of Bradford as a dull industrial city, but there is more to it than meets the eye.· It looks like a simple case of burglary, but there may be more to it than meets the eye.
seeming to be good, friendly, safe etc, but in fact being very different: · The sea here is very deceptive -- it looks calm but is in fact very dangerous.· Federal organizations have been monitoring the Internet for deceptive advertisements, consumer fraud, and other unlawful activities. appearances can be deceptive (=what seems to be true may not be true): · I know appearances can be deceptive, but Jeffrey didn't seem like a wife-beater.
: deceptively simple/easy etc seeming simple, easy etc, but actually very difficult: · The first question seemed deceptively simple.· The cycling route looks deceptively easy, especially when seen from a car.
use this to say that someone is not what they seem to be, especially because they are deliberately trying to trick you: · There's something odd about him -- I don't think he's what he seems. He might be a cop.· I've been doing a little research - our Mr Malamute is not what he seems.
when someone has good taste to be able to make good judgments about which clothes, furniture etc are attractive or good and which are not: · Mrs Anderson has taste, and her home is lovely.· The Scotch was Johnnie Walker Black. "This guy's got good taste," I thought.have taste/have good taste in: · Julie has really good taste in books.have great/terrific/impeccable etc taste: · Robinson had impeccable taste.
able to recognize things that are good or of high quality - use this especially when talking about buying things: · Discerning investors will find the guide useful.· You don't have to be wealthy to develop a discerning palate. (=good taste in food)
able to judge what is of good quality and what is not, especially because you have a lot of knowledge or experience: · As film audiences get older, they will become more discriminating.· Discriminating travelers return to St. Bartholomew's year after year.
to be good at noticing and recognizing what is attractive, of good quality etc, and which things look good together: · She has an incredibly good eye for fashion.· You need to have a good eye for colour and design if you are going to decorate your own house.
to watch to make sure that nothing bad happens to someone or something · Stay here and watch our bags while I go and buy some food.· Don't let children play near water without an adult to watch them.
especially spoken to watch someone or something by occasionally going to look at them over a long period of time: · Keep an eye on the baby, in case he gets too near the fire.· Ask a neighbour to keep an eye on the house for you while you're away.· You'd better come into hospital where we can keep an eye on you.
to have to watch someone very carefully all the time because you think something bad might happen to them: · You have to be so careful with small children - you can't take your eyes off them for a minute.
when doctors watch a patient carefully because they think they might suddenly become more ill: keep somebody in (the hospital) for observation: · They kept him in overnight just for observation.under observation: · She spent two nights in hospital under observation, before being allowed home.
to pay attention to the way a situation develops · Both candidates are watching the opinion polls carefully.watch somebody do something · We have watched hundreds of small firms collapse over the last few years.watch how/when/what etc · Many swimmers are videoed during training so they can watch how their performance improves.
to watch a situation carefully over a period of time, especially so that you are prepared for anything bad that might happen: · If I were you, I'd keep an eye on house prices for a while before you decide to sell.keep a close/careful eye on something: · Government experts will be keeping a close eye on the new currency to see whether it proves successful.
to carefully watch a situation over a period of time, to see how it changes or develops: · Doctors monitored her progress during the night.· We will of course monitor the campaign to assess its effectiveness.
WORD SETSAB, nounabdomen, nounaccommodation, nounAchilles tendon, nounAdam's apple, nounadaptation, nounadenoids, nounadrenalin, nounairway, nounambidextrous, adjectiveanatomical, adjectiveankle, nounantibody, nounantigen, nounanus, nounanvil, nounaorta, nounappendix, nounarch, nounarmpit, nounarterial, adjectiveartery, nounatrium, nounbaby tooth, nounback, nounbackbone, nounbandy, adjectivebarrel-chested, adjectivebeat, verbbelly, nounbelly button, nounbicep, nounbig toe, nounbikini line, nounbile, nounbiological clock, nounbiorhythms, nounbiped, nounbladder, nounblind spot, nounblink, verbblink, nounblood count, nounblood group, nounblood pressure, nounbloodstream, nounblood type, nounblood vessel, nounBO, nounbody clock, nounbody odour, nounbone, nounbone marrow, nounbowel, nounbow legs, nounbrain, nounbrainwave, nounbreast, nounbreastbone, nounbristly, adjectivebronchial, adjectivebronchial tube, nounbrow, nounbuck teeth, nounbullnecked, adjectiveburp, verbbust, nounbuttock, nouncanine, nouncapillary, nouncardiac, adjectivecardio-, prefixcardiovascular, adjectivecarotid artery, nouncartilage, nouncentral nervous system, nouncerebellum, nouncerebral, adjectivecervical, adjectivecervix, nounchamber, nounchange of life, nouncheek, nouncheekbone, nounchest, nounchin, nouncirculation, nounclavicle, nouncleavage, nounclitoris, nounclose-set, adjectivecoccyx, nouncochlea, nouncock, nouncollarbone, nouncolon, nouncolour, nouncolour-blind, adjectiveconception, nouncone, nounconnective tissue, nouncoordination, nouncornea, nouncortex, nouncough, verbcough, nouncowlick, nouncranium, nouncrook, verbcrotch, nouncrow's feet, nouncrutch, nouncry, verbcuticle, noundandruff, noundeep-set, adjectivedefecate, verbdefence mechanism, noundental, adjectivedentine, nounderrière, noundiaphragm, noundigit, noundigital, adjectivedimple, noundisc, noundominant, adjectivedouble-jointed, adjectivedribble, verbdrool, verbduct, nounduodenum, nounear, nouneardrum, nounearhole, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbelbow, nounenamel, nounendocrine, adjectiveentrails, nounepidermis, nounepiglottis, nounerect, adjectiveerection, nounerogenous zone, nounexcrement, nounexcreta, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexpectorate, verbextremity, nouneye, nouneyebrow, nouneyelash, nouneyelid, nouneyesight, nouneye tooth, nounface, nounfallopian tube, nounfart, verbfart, nounfemur, nounfibre, nounfibula, nounfigure, nounfingernail, nounfingertip, nounfist, nounfive o'clock shadow, nounflat-chested, adjectivefoetal position, nounfolic acid, nounfollicle, nounforearm, nounforefinger, nounforehead, nounforeskin, nounframe, nounfunny bone, noungall bladder, noungallstone, noungastric, adjectivegenital, adjectivegenitals, noungland, nounglottis, noungonad, noungrey matter, noungroin, nounG-spot, noungullet, noungum, nounhair, nounhairless, adjectivehairy, adjectivehammer, nounhamstring, nounhand, nounhand-eye co-ordination, nounhandlebar moustache, nounhead, nounheart, nounheel, nounhiccup, nounhiccup, verbhip, nounHomo sapiens, nounhumerus, nounhymen, nounimmune, adjectiveimmune system, nounimmunity, nouninbred, adjectiveincisor, nounindex finger, nouninherit, verbinstep, nounintestine, nounin vitro fertilization, nouniris, nounIVF, nounjaw, nounjawbone, nounjowl, nounkidney, nounknee, nounknee cap, nounknuckle, nounlap, nounlarge intestine, nounlarynx, nounlash, nounlaugh lines, nounlaughter lines, nounleft-handed, adjectivelefty, nounlens, nounlid, nounlifeblood, nounligament, nounlip, nounlittle finger, nounliver, nounlobe, nounlong-sighted, adjectivelumbar, adjectivelung, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmammary, adjectivemammary gland, nounmanual, adjectivemarrow, nounmasticate, verbmatrix, nounmelanin, nounmelatonin, nounmember, nounmenopause, nounmenses, nounmenstrual, adjectivemenstrual period, nounmenstruate, verbmiddle ear, nounmiddle finger, nounmidget, nounmidriff, nounmilk tooth, nounmind, nounmolar, nounmucous membrane, nounmuscle, nounnail, nounnape, nounnasal, adjectivenavel, nounnervous, adjectiveneurology, nounneuron, nounniacin, nounnipple, nounnode, nounnodule, nounnostril, nounocular, adjectiveoesophagus, nounoral, adjectiveovary, nounoverbite, nounoviduct, nounpalate, nounpalm, nounpalpitate, verbpalpitations, nounpancreas, nounpassage, nounpatella, nounpectorals, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenetrate, verbpepsin, nounperiod, nounperiod pain, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphallus, nounpharynx, nounphlegm, nounphysical, adjectivephysiognomy, nounphysiology, nounphysique, nounpigeon-toed, adjectivepit, nounpituitary, nounplacenta, nounplasma, nounplatelet, nounpore, nounpotbelly, nounpremenstrual, adjectiveprepubescent, adjectivepressure point, nounprimal, adjectiveprivate parts, nounprognathous, adjectiveprostate, nounpuberty, nounpubescent, adjectivepubic, adjectivepudendum, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulse, nounpupil, nounquad, nounquadruplet, nounquin, nounquintuplet, nounradius, nounreceptor, nounrecessive, adjectiverectal, adjectiverectum, nounred blood cell, nounREM sleep, nounrenal, adjectiveretina, nounRhesus factor, nounRH factor, nounrib, nounrib cage, nounright, adjectiveright-handed, adjectiveright-hander, nounrigor mortis, nounring finger, nounrod, nounRoman nose, nounround-shouldered, adjectiverun, verbsalivary gland, nounsallow, adjectivescalp, nounscaly, adjectivescapula, nounsciatic, adjectivescrotum, nounsemen, nounseminal, adjectivesense, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectivesextuplet, nounshank, nounshin, nounshinbone, nounshoulder, nounshoulder blade, nounside, nounsinew, nounsinus, nounskeletal, adjectiveskull, nounsleep, verbsleep, nounsmall intestine, nounsneeze, verbsneeze, nounsnub nose, nounsnub-nosed, adjectivesoft palate, nounsolar plexus, nounsole, nounsphincter, nounspinal, adjectivespinal column, nounspine, nounspit, verbspit, nounspittle, nounspleen, nounspotty, adjectivesputum, nounsternum, nounsteroid, nounstirrup, nounstomach, nounstool, nounstubble, nounsubcutaneous, adjectivesuck, verbsuckle, verbsuckling, nounsweat gland, nounsystem, nountailbone, nountan, verbtan, nountanned, adjectivetarsus, nountartar, nountaste bud, nountear, nounteardrop, nounteat, nountemple, nountendon, nountestes, nountesticle, nountestis, nountestosterone, nounthickset, adjectivethigh, nounthorax, nounthroat, nounthumb, nounthumbnail, nounthyroid, nountibia, nounticklish, adjectivetoe, nountoenail, nountongue, nountonsil, nountooth, nountorso, nountouch, nountrachea, nountriceps, nountrunk, nountympanum, nounulna, nounumbilical cord, nounurethra, nounuterus, nounuvula, nounvagina, nounvascular, adjectivevein, nounvenous, adjectiveventricle, nounvessel, nounvestibule, nounvital, adjectivevocal cords, nounvoice box, nounvulva, nounwaist, nounwall-eyed, adjectivewax, nounwhite, nounwhite blood cell, nounwindpipe, nounwisdom tooth, nounwomb, nounwrinkle, verbwrist, nounyawn, verbyawn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYcolour
Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. Zoe looked at me with a blank expression. Tears blurred her eyes. He fell heavily to the floor, his eyes bulging wide with fear. She blushed, casting her eyes down. Tonight, Tim Goodman casts a cynical eye on TV ads. Beth closed her eyes and tried to sleep. She looked round the room with a critical eye. Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk. She stood up and dried her eyes (=wiped away her tears). His eyes dulled a little. She flushed and her eyes fell (=she looked down). The plains stretched for as far as the eye could see (=all the distance you could see). Her eyes filled with tears. Her eyes filled up with tears. She followed Simon with her eyes as he walked to the gate. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. She viewed politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye (=in a jaundiced way). She has a keen eye for (=is good at noticing) talent. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed. The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye. He narrowed his eyes and gazed at the horizon. the writer’s observant eye for detail She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. We’d better get some shut-eye. He looked up with those great soulful eyes. Look him square in the eye and say no. To the trained eye the difference between these flowers is obvious (=the difference is clear to someone who has developed skills to notice something). To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven. Jasper remained silent and his eyes were veiled (=you could not guess what he was thinking). Keep a wary eye on the weather before you set sail. She eyed him warily. His eyes were watchful. Keep a watchful eye on elderly residents. Her eyes were red and watery from crying. Bill wiped his eyes (=wiped the tears from his face) and apologized.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Both their children have blue eyes.
· His eyes are dark brown.
· She looked into his deep blue eyes.· The tiny child’s pale blue eyes stared up at her appealingly.
(=pale brown and slightly green or golden)· He was a quiet, kindly man, with hazel eyes.
(also weary literary)· He rubbed his tired eyes and yawned.
(=full of tears)· Bethan’s eyes grew moist as she talked about her family.
· He gazed at her with sad eyes as she slowly walked away.
(=unfriendly or unkind)· He smiled, but his blue eyes were cold and cruel.
shape/position· She looked at me with those big brown eyes.
· His small cold eyes seemed full of menace.
· The children gazed at the screen, their eyes wide with excitement.
· He has a thin face and narrow eyes.
(=round and sticking far out)· His bulging eyes made him rather look like a frog.
(=small round and bright, and noticing a lot of things)· His beady eyes darted around the room.
(=far back in someone’s face)· Mac’s eyebrows were thick and dark, above deep-set eyes.
(=close together)· He had a small nose and close-set eyes.
(=wide apart)· Claudette studied the wide-set eyes that looked so innocent.
(=having fallen inwards, especially because of age or illness)· The man's eyes were sunken, with deep black rings around them.
showing your feelings/character· His eyes looked sleepy.· Her hair was a mess and her eyes were tired.
· Her beautiful eyes suddenly looked sad.
(=feeling that you want to cry)· As she left a village, people waved at her with tearful eyes.
(=happy or excited)· the bright eyes of the children
(=unfriendly and not showing any emotion)· Her eyes were cold and uncaring.
(=red because you are upset, tired, ill etc)· My mother’s eyes were red from crying.
(=swollen because you are ill or upset)· The girl’s eyes were puffy and full of tears.
(=showing strong emotions, especially sadness)· The dog looked up at her with big soulful eyes.
(=very angry, afraid etc)· He stared at them with wild eyes.
(=showing that you want something very much)· The men looked around the room with their greedy eyes.
verbs· I slowly opened my eyes.
· Suddenly his eyes opened.
· Joe closed his eyes and tried to get back to sleep.
· She let her eyes close for just a moment.
· Anna rubbed her eyes wearily.
(=protect them from a bright light or the sun)· They gazed out to sea, shielding their eyes from the sun.
(=partly close them, especially to show that you do not trust someone)· She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously.
(=become half closed, especially because someone does not trust another person)· Her dark eyes narrowed for a moment.
(=become more open because they are surprised)· His eyes widened in shock.
(=show that they are very happy)· Jenny’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
(=become excited)· His eyes lit up when I mentioned the word money.
(=look down at the ground)· The servants lowered their eyes as the countess walked past.
literary (=look away from something)· He averted his eyes from the body.
phrases (=prevent them from closing)· I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open.
(=be watching something with all your attention)· Ted sat with his eyes glued to the television.
· When she put the phone down, her eyes were full of tears.
· The prisoners stared at him, their eyes full of hatred.
eye + NOUN (also an eye exam American English) (=to find out how well you can see)· You should have an eye test every couple of years.
(=make-up that you put on your eyelids or eyelashes)· She never leaves the house without lipstick and eye make-up.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘black eyes’ when you mean dark brown eyes. You normally use ‘black eye’ when someone has a bruise around their eye, after being hit by someone.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=an account of an event, given by the person who saw it happen)· an eye-witness account of the attack
Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. Zoe looked at me with a blank expression. Tears blurred her eyes. He fell heavily to the floor, his eyes bulging wide with fear. She blushed, casting her eyes down. Tonight, Tim Goodman casts a cynical eye on TV ads. Beth closed her eyes and tried to sleep. (=watch someone or something carefully)· They have to keep a close eye on their finances.
She looked round the room with a critical eye. (=be extremely sad and cry a lot)· Lucy read the letter and cried her eyes out.
(=skill at noticing all the small features)· He's a brilliant photographer with a fantastic eye for detail.
(=someone who can make good judgments about art or music)
Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk. She stood up and dried her eyes (=wiped away her tears). His eyes dulled a little. (=the eyes of someone who knows a lot about something)· To the expert eye, this is a beautiful example of early Roman pottery.
She flushed and her eyes fell (=she looked down). The plains stretched for as far as the eye could see (=all the distance you could see). Her eyes filled with tears. Her eyes filled up with tears. She followed Simon with her eyes as he walked to the gate. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. (=the one that is not damaged) He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm.
He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm. literary· Then he noticed the dark eyes, smouldering with hate.
(=used especially when saying that something cannot be seen by people)· These creatures are too small for the human eye to see.
· She was given antibiotics for an ear infection.
Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. She viewed politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye (=in a jaundiced way). She has a keen eye for (=is good at noticing) talent. (=move your head or eyes up so that you can look at something) She lifted her head to gaze at him.
She lifted her head to gaze at him. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.· She was wearing far too much eye make-up.
(=they show that someone wants to cause trouble, play tricks etc)· Leo nodded, his eyes shining with mischief.
Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed. The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye. He narrowed his eyes and gazed at the horizon. (=the hole at the top of the needle that the thread goes through)· This gadget helps you put the thread through the eye of the needle.
the writer’s observant eye for detail She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye. (=to someone who has seen something many times and knows a lot about it)
She yawned and rubbed her eyes. (=the ability to notice and deal with details)
She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. (=shut your eyes tight)
We’d better get some shut-eye. He looked up with those great soulful eyes. Look him square in the eye and say no. (=try very hard to hear or see) I strained my ears, listening for any sound in the silence of the cave.
I strained my ears, listening for any sound in the silence of the cave.· As she watched, there were tears of joy in her eyes.
(=make someone cry)· This unexpected kindness brings tears to my eyes.
· His eyes filled with tears as he recalled his mother’s sacrifices.
(=tears come into their eyes)· She broke off, feeling the tears welling up in her eyes.
· All children starting school are given a sight test.
To the trained eye the difference between these flowers is obvious (=the difference is clear to someone who has developed skills to notice something). To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven. Jasper remained silent and his eyes were veiled (=you could not guess what he was thinking). (=a view from high above something)· The top of the bell tower in the square gives a bird’s-eye view of Venice.
(=able to be seen without using special equipment)· The comet is now visible to the naked eye.
Keep a wary eye on the weather before you set sail. She eyed him warily. His eyes were watchful. Keep a watchful eye on elderly residents. Her eyes were red and watery from crying. Bill wiped his eyes (=wiped the tears from his face) and apologized.· The children were hardly awake and watched Tess with big round eyes.· She was cradling a baby in her dream, an infant with big brown eyes.· She stared up into the big frightened eyes.· The big eyes were green and clear under the magnificent maroon bonnet.· Long red fingernails and white clown faces and big black eyes and short hair.· She had big eyes, a lovely person.· George has big round staring eyes.· The thing that really struck me about her is how serious she was, how those big eyes soaked everything in.
· His black eyes bored into hers.· The seventh card has one black eye and one white.· He was well over six feet, his hair was black and his eyes gleamed amber from between luxuriant lashes.· But it is also a terrible black eye to science.· Two soulless black eyes from out of the crowd by the barrier were pinned to her face.· Another option would be to remove the defence of reasonable chastisement in incidents that cause bruising or black eyes.· On another player, the black eye might look tough.
· But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.· Generals, recognizing this, turned blind eyes to the excesses of their troops and were sure to provide camp followers.· Honouring some one does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness.· The government, when it was not actually participating, turned a blind eye.· Naturally, father knew, but turned a blind eye.· But these are small quibbles to which nature, judging by her endowment of the inn, casts a blind eye.· Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.· Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.
· Vivid blue eyes glittered in his tanned face.· But at least Baby Wiggles and Giggles has moving limbs and pretty blue eyes.· He looked at her with exasperation when she just gazed at him with wide deep blue eyes.· The small blue eyes focused on Nanny Ogg.· She cruised the bars, staring down men with light hair and blue eyes.· Her brilliant blue eyes must have come from her father.· Or to ensure blue eyes, long legs, good skin and Harvardbound smarts?
· It had sat trembling in his hand, its brown eyes full of the same terror he saw now in Ann's.· He was tall and prematurely bald, with a fringe of foxy red hair; his intense brown eyes looked honest.· His skin was translucent with age and he had dark brown eyes like two deep pools.· His dark brown eyes were still soft and unfocused, and his smooth head completely bald.· His brown eyes seemed to be saying things again, things she wanted to hear him speak.· His face was delicate, almost girlish, with long eyelashes and large brown eyes.· He has thick black eyebrows, dark brown eyes, whitening sideburns and a pencil-thin mustache.
· Maybe the DOS-based Personal Finance Planner will help us keep a closer eye on those disappearing thousands.· To be sure, investors should keep a close eye on indicators of problem loans, analysts said.· Books may have to be held very close to the eyes.· Republicans will keep a close eye on funding for education and training.· You do need to keep a closer eye on suppliers when you're buying more equipment in a single purchase.· Still, keep a close eye on those Netkids.· I assure the Minister that we shall keep a close eye on these sales.· Keep a close eye on the lamb as the amount of sugar on the jelly means the steaks will brown very quickly.
· In the dark, the eye at once loses its importance-or so it might seem.· His dark brown eyes were still soft and unfocused, and his smooth head completely bald.· It made her face crease all over and her dark eyes twinkle.· Mendl was a short, stocky fellow with a look of kindliness in his dark eyes.· And I imagine these same dark eyes catching sight of the five chimneys of Auschwitz-Birkenau.· She was memorable for her clear, round face and dark eyes.· Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was set on a long, graceful neck.· She sat as if on a throne: her dark eyes glowed.
· His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks.· She fixes her wickedly green eyes on me.· Tall and fair, green eyes full of glimmers - and the laughing, the singing like ice down her back.· They must have been the greenest eyes in Paris.· The phenotypic effect of some particular gene might be, say, green eye colour.· Wearing a green dress and green eye shadow, she was dark complexioned and looked exotic to me.· A photograph of a fair girl with green eyes.· Unidentified creatures paced about near their camp, and green eyes looked out on them from the bushes.
· The grey eyes flicked over her again, and she felt that familiar tensing of her body.· With a helpless sigh she stared into deep grey eyes that seemed to see too much.· I smiled at her, and saw to my amazement the grey eyes fill with tears.· Of indeterminate age, he had moist grey eyes set in a pale, thin face.· Her grey eyes held his; his dark ones bored into her.· Stared and stared - and her grey eyes seemed to grow larger and brighter.· He talked to us kindly, his grey eyes dancing with amusement as he questioned us about our journey.· Her grey eyes when she looked at me made me tremble.
· The human eye has an active role to play in the story.· The world picture is distorted by being seen through human eyes.· Through their photography Marcy and Muybridge opened up to vision things that the human eye could not perceive.· There was the simplicity, death and its suggestion of permanence, that was almost too severe and stark for human eyes.· Since the human eye moves horizontally with less fatigue than vertically, the cone of vision tends to be flattened.· Together, these discoveries show how a series of many cumulative steps could create a human eye.· Closer to, it looked like a statue, and perhaps not quite as human as the eye at first suggested.· With its 10-inch mirror, the telescope gathers 1, 500 times as much light as the human eye.
· He examined the pieces with the naked eye, then with his glass, while behind him Isobel held her breath.· His knowledge is slim, transparent to the naked eye.· Because the creatures of the plankton individually are small, they are not always visible to the naked eye.· Today, poverty is still obvious to the naked eye.· Very simple geometrical forms exist in nature out there but most of them are ordinarily invisible to the naked eye.· To the naked eye it was a glorious spectacle; through the telescope, it was unbelievable.· Some observers can see it with the naked eye under ideal conditions, though I certainly cannot.· In coarse-grained rocks the minerals are large enough to be seen with the naked eye.
· Unlike Blanche, he enjoyed the cases he worked on being in the public eye.· Instead she began a 57-year voyage almost continuously in the public eye.· The controversy created by the research suddenly put Hector's dolphin firmly in the public eye.· But her lack of experience at being in the public eye sometimes shows.· Gilroy reminds us that black political protest in the streets and urban crime have very successfully become fused in the public eye.· Recently, Mr Gore has appeared increasingly presidential in the public eye during the escalating budget talks.· The real tragedy of Tony Bland is that he is in the public eye.· Roy was also visionary in establishing links with depart-ment stores and other retailers to keep Disney merchandise in the public eye.
· With his pale, wrinkled face and his red, staring eyes, he looked like a devil out of hell.· Phil belched loudly without any consciousness in his red eyes.· It looked over its shoulder at her with twinkling red eyes.· After the movie, I had to rush to a department-store makeup counter to doctor red eyes and tear stains.· Stars faded against the waking red eyes of the streetlamps.· His large head looked ancient with its thin white hair, grizzly beard, hooked nose, red eyes, leathery skin.· She pecked our hands for food and glared at us with her red eyes.· Everybody looked like a corpse, with black lips and red eyes, with faces a kind of leftover cooked-liver green.
· And now, as dawn broke, Driver Oliver kept a watchful eye on the slowly lightening coastline.· Even in peace time, the government has always kept a watchful eye on U.S.· Distressed by mindless vandalism that destroys trees and flowers they are keeping a watchful eye on plant life.· Fifi and Manuel steal off for some private time from the watchful eyes of the extended family.· There is a further constraint in that the Ministry of Defence will keep a watchful eye on any potential partner or owner.· She booked them for clubs, special appearances, and kept a watchful eye on the money, and soon, Holly.· When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her.· Amelia learned stunting under his watchful eye, to become competent in the air no matter what the conditions.
NOUN· Not to make eye contact with anyone in the audience.· The auctioneer will make eye contact with the bidders, and often will identify the bidder by number or clothing.· This ensures good eye contact which is very important in promoting mutual trust and confidence between members.· Unlike radio, the anchor / readers do not have to be in eye contact with the control room.· You have to force yourself to make adequate eye contact with the audience and to stand still.· The back avoids eye contact and confrontation, but it may invite the surreptitious gaze.· She had always associated eye contact with frankness; there was nothing frank about this man.· They were seated and made little, if any, eye contact with the brothers or their lawyers.
VERB· I wish I had power, just power enough to avert my eyes.· I avert my eyes and wish I were them.· A big, flat coal barge was passing under the bridge and I averted my eyes from the sight of it.· Sometimes Fate tiptoes discreetly at the margins of our lives, averting her eyes and keeping her distance.· Resolutely she averted her eyes away from the sleeping figure.· She was the only person who did not frighten me, the only thing I went toward without averting my eyes.· The spotlight is shining briefly on this beautiful, blood-soaked country, and we should not avert our eyes.· They avert their eyes when they pass her in the hall.
· Caught off-guard, he blushed slightly, blinked his hazy blue eyes, and looked away in embarrassment.· Geffin gave Metheny the go-ahead without blinking an eye.· He kept blinking to clear his eyes and now he rubbed his nose.· At first he thought it was merely the effect of looking too hard, and he blinked his eyes twice.· You dared not blink an eye.· Cranston tightened his lips, blinking his eyes furiously as he always did when the tears threatened to return.· He was breathing hard, sweating, blinking his eyes clear.
· I cast my eye over the front page of the Telegraph while Anne poured the coffee.· Now, cast your eyes leftward along the monthly bond index to note that the bond market bottomed in November 1994.· He cast a professional eye over the report.· We walked a bit further, in silence, with Marvin casting his eyes upward at the thinning crowns.· And of course Prince also casts his eye over rock too.· She cast her eyes skywards, muttering soft curses.· He cast his satirical eye over subjects from assassinations to riots.· Gurder cast an apprehensive eye over his shoulder.
· I glanced up under my eyebrows and caught Agrippa's eye.· That's what caught my eye.· Buy my ice cream catches the eye when it is accompanied by a picture of two good-looking people seducing each other.· She caught Lee's eye and Lee felt an electric shock pass through her.· But what really catches our eyes is the airplane wreckage higher up on the hill.· Some nice points of detail - like contrasting expansion panels on pockets - catch the eye.
· The table drew the eye like an altar.· McMurphy drew eyes to him like a sideshow barker.· It was a well-proportioned house, Lissa decided, the lines drawn with an unfailing eye for symmetry and beauty.· Kip drew his eyes down from the luminous dark green peaks that ringed Long Tieng.· Her eyes opened slowly as he drew back.· Light moving air touched my face and drew my eyes to the south.· The patches shown are drawn from five eyes from four female monkeys.· It draws the eye to any double chin occupying space just above.
· She fixed her eyes on the street in an attempt to calm herself.· She fixed you with her eyes, and if you looked back at her, the room disappeared.· She had found a gap in the blackout material and had fixed her eye to it.· When Glover folded back the blanket her expression hardened, her face became the fixed eyes and mouth of a hawk.· She fixed her burning eyes on the road ahead of her and tried to believe her own words.· She couldn't turn round so she fixed her eyes on her two brothers on the altar.· Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.· She fixed her eyes on the jagged line of rocks to which she had to climb.
· Mavis, keep an eye on things, will you, till I get back.· Weather satellites kept their electronic eyes on her.· There's a run-down on each team and we've picked out the players to keep an eye on.· Always keeping an eye out in case of thieves.· Are we keeping an eye on him?· I would keep my eyes resolutely shut while he studied my face.· Endill kept his eyes shut and held on with all his strength.· She backed away from the big green car, all the while keeping her eyes on the man.
· Without lifting his eyes from the book he was reading he groped with his hand to find it.· Please, in the name of humanity, lift your eyes above the bottom line.· When she lifted her eyes, she was blind.· The old woman lifted her hooded eyes, looked at me, and went back to sleep.· Ministers pride themselves on their attention to detail, but I ask them to lift their eyes and survey a broader picture.· They lift their eyes to the darkened stained-glass windows and begin to sing.· But not far away stand other hills to which I do not lift my eyes.· Then everyone lifted their eyes toward the open water they could not see.
· Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.· Other devices in the plan suffer from the opposite affliction: There is less to them than meets the ear and eye.· She met the youth's eyes.· Critics of the new idea say there is a lot less there than meets the eye.· She met Charles's eyes and looked away in case he could read her renewed longing for Keele.· All the same, there was perhaps rather more to this matter than initially meets the eye.· Ratagan did not seek to meet her eyes.
· The gardener narrowed long, grey-blue eyes and made never a move.· Perfect for Miss Poole and bloody awful for everyone else, Heather thought, narrowing her eyes at the road ahead.· Robyn twisted around quickly and cursed again, narrowing her eyes against the throbbing pain in her head.· We narrow our eyes at him.· She narrowed her eyes at Guido.· Frankie narrowed his eyes and squinted at the bloody object lying between her powerful front paws.· Elinor narrowed her eyes and swung her straight black hair out behind her like a scarf.· Quiss narrowed his eyes at the pupil which seemed to be looking at him. indeed out of the corner of its eye.
· As soon as he opened his eyes the child remembered, and his heart soared.· She opened her eyes and looked around the room again.· The roar of waves woke her breaking over her persistently until she opened her eyes.· Feel safely enclosed within your sphere of light. 11. Open your eyes.· Marcia opened her eyes when Bethany returned, wearing the blue dress she had forgotten to tell her was pretty.· He opened his eyes and regarded the ceiling.· The snow goose opened its round yellow eyes and nibbled at it.
· But he raised his eyes and then his head when the last one stood before him.· Mavis raised her eyes to the mill and understood instantly the trap they were all in.· As though he were telepathic, he raised his eyes to look at her.· Billic Poe raised to him eyes in which he saw, or imagined he saw, a plea.· As one, they raised their eyes to the ceiling.· He raised his eyes and stared Ezra full in the face.· It was as she raised her eyes again that Silvia suddenly caught sight of Guido.· When he was about ten feet away he raised his eyes to the Prime Minister.
· The nervous horse rolled its eyes white and flicked its ears towards the crackling sound of the muskets.· He hunched his back, rolled his eyes and curled his fingers in an ecstasy of fear.· Ask a silly question, Benny thought, and rolled her eyes.· Noting the irony, Johnson just shook her head and rolled her eyes.· Asked about differences with Mr Walesa, the prime minister merely rolls his eyes heavenwards.· He works the crowd so long that the bodyguards hired by his attorney roll their eyes in exhaustion.· He said nothing, simply rolling his eyes and dragging Frankenstein's crates from the phaeton.· My older brother played Elvis music at his wedding, and my middle brother and I rolled our eyes.
· Do not rub your eyes when preparing them.· A child might not complain of itching, but she might be rubbing her eyes or nose repeatedly.· Julia rubbed her eyes with a handkerchief and then went to retrieve her drink.· He shut his sermon notebook, removed his glasses, and rubbed his eyes.· Pursuivant rubbed his eyes and yawned.· I rubbed my eyes to clear them, but the whiteness covered everything.· He sat back, rubbing his eyes.· He stopped the car and rubbed his eyes.
· I feel dizzy, shut my eyes, squeeze.· He smelt clean and I shut my eyes.· He shut his eyes, held his nose like a kid about to take his medicine, and started to drink.· She shut her eyes and breathed painfully.· I saw who it was and shut my eyes, waiting to be embarrassed for him.· Susan shut her eyes and saw through her monster's.· I shut my eyes, extend my arms to their fullest, and take a deep breath.
· He turned quickly, his eyes wide and anxious.· Briefly, a vertical tube turned a blank glass eye on him and Ezra and the glass eye contemplated each other.· He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world.· This willfulness requirement, however, does not permit responsible people to turn a blind eye.· The police usually turn a blind eye.· Whichever way I turn my eyes, he cried, I see nothing to threaten Realism.· And a nation turns its lonely eyes to Slash to save what looks like another Sunday, bloody Sunday.
· He just watched, all eyes.· He reaches to hug me, all the time watching my eyes.· Converse watched Danskin close his eyes and breathe carefully.· David watched with unblinking eyes as the figure pulled the curtains shut.· Simon watched with slitted eyes as Tony paused at the edge of the street.· Beryl was watching him with suspicious eyes.· She watched herself wipe her eyes in the mirror over the dresser.
· I wiped my eyes and felt a bit better, knowing that Granny was taking my message with her to heaven.· Omite wiped her eyes as she ate.· They choked on the dirt gathered by the tempest, wiping it from their eyes as they ran.· When I tried to get Chizuko to talk some more, she merely wiped her eyes and apologized for causing a scene.· Sandoz was, by this time, wiping tears from his eyes and making terrible whining sounds.· Lester bowed his head humbly, then with the back of his hand wiped his eyes.· She wiped her eyes and let the clutch in.· She was wiping at her eyes and sniffling.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something► can’t take your eyes off somebody/something► can do something with your eyes shut/closed► make eyes at somebody/give somebody the eye► an eye for/on/to the main chance► his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head)► be up to your eyes in something► have eyes bigger than your belly► all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc► in a pig’s eye!PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bat your eyes/eyelashes► have/keep your beady eye(s) on somebody/something► beauty is in the eye of the beholder► bedroom eyes► (dark) circles under your eyes► doe eyes► somebody would give their eye teeth for something► somebody’s life flashes before their eyes► something is a gleam in somebody’s eye► the green-eyed monster► have eyes like a hawk► heavy-lidded eyes► here’s mud in your eye► in a pig’s eye► somebody’s eyes popped (out of their head)► the public eye► take the red eye► have a roving eye► deep-set/wide-set/close-set eyes► somebody’s eyes/gaze settles on somebody/something► make sheep’s eyes at somebody► somebody’s eyes are out on stalks► have stars in your eyes
1- Rodrigues has his eye on the major leagues.
- We have our eyes on a nice little house near the beach.
- A few years more and white men will be all around you. they have their eyes on this land.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He must have his eyes on a Ryder Cup spot.
- The comet will be visible to the naked eye.
- At the same time, they became the first men to see the reverse side of the Moon with the naked eye.
- He examined the pieces with the naked eye, then with his glass, while behind him Isobel held her breath.
- Technical problems To the naked eye the brain has a disturbingly homogeneous appearance.
- The magnification is usually at least thirty times greater than what is normally seen with the naked eye.
- There are even several, in addition to the Pleiades, which can be seen with the naked eye.
- To the naked eye, the bolts looked just like the others that protruded from other footings around the site.
- Today, poverty is still obvious to the naked eye.
- What looked like individual lights to the naked eye actually split into two under the resolving power of the telescope.
- Get them by blasting the goose-neck helicopter that assembles itself before your very eyes!
- He hadn't even touched her, yet she was in severe danger of coming unglued before his very eyes.
- He unzipped his fly and peed before their very eyes.
- It isn't even about having him perform them for us before our very eyes, on demand.
- Michael plans to prepare complete meals before your very eyes.
- One hundred and fifty years of glamour sitting on a stool right before your very eyes, that's what she was.
- The pounds, shillings and pence were dancing before her very eyes.
- He flashed his security pass under the eyes of the two armed guards posted beside the exit door.
- The hoopla also continued well into the night outside the casinos under the eyes of Las Vegas police and security guards.
- They act out roles and techniques under the watchful eye of their instructors.
- Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
- Today, the Reichardt duck farm is run under the watchful eye of Jim Reichardt, great grandson of the original founder.
- Voice over Back at the Young Telegraph, their final copy is put together under the watchful eye of a full-time reporter.
- A note from Mellowes instructed me to cast my eye over the draft, pronto, for inaccuracies.
- Above him Cornelius ran his eye over a box of ancient cane carpet beaters.
- And of course Prince also casts his eye over rock too.
- He also casts his eye over the proposed law changes.
- I cast my eye over the front page of the Telegraph while Anne poured the coffee.
- The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we weren't there.
- They've even invited Michael Heseltine, care of Spitting Image, to cast his eyes over the exhibition.
- Bedford disliked Halsey the minute he set eyes on him.
- How could she possibly know, since he had not set eyes on the girl?
- I bonded on the second night I laid eyes on Hyakutake.
- Just hours earlier she had set eyes on the pretty two-year-old and sister Anna-Camilla, seven, for the first time.
- Never anywhere have I set eyes on such a one.
- No sooner did she set eyes on the gentleman than she recognised his pecuniary position to be merely temporary.
- The couple fell in love before they had even set eyes on each other during a six-month long distance courtship.
- Always keeping an eye out in case of thieves.
- And we had to keep an eye open for police patrols.
- For months, he kept an eye out.
- He will keep an eye out, but he can not promise anything.
- Male speaker All you got to do is keep an eye open and watch the break lights.
- Though he works hard with all the kids, he keeps an eye out for the special ones.
- Valueoriented consumers should keep an eye out for the name FabreMontmayou.
- Departments with an eye to the ratings tend to appoint established researchers with proven records, rather than younger, unpublished candidates.
- Each side was building its forces with an eye to gaining military supremacy.
- He had the personality for it, strong, aggressive and with an eye to a bargain.
- He recently shed a number of pounds, which even some friends say he lost with an eye to a national race.
- Lord Taylor's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public's expectations.
- So she works with an eye to adjusting the Outside world too.
- These are also designed with an eye to reassuring those who did well out of the switch from rates to poll tax.
- We can't close our eyes to the fact that our town has a gang problem.
- I've closed my eyes to your activities long enough.
- If we must sometimes close our eyes to open them in the myth dimension, so be it.
- On a sob Ruth swallowed hard and closed her eyes to the burning sun overhead.
- On the other hand the very same development increases their tendency to close their eyes to the future.
- Prayer May we never become so worldly that we close our eyes to the miracle and mystery of life.
- The need to push came again, and Jane closed her eyes to concentrate.
- They could not shut their eyes to the ugly and degrading side of wine-drinking and see only the delightful side.
- Turning off the light, she slid back under the covers and closed her eyes to sleep fitfully until noon.
- Greene has an eye for detail.
- Confidence men always have an eye for extra exits.
- She says women have an eye for minutiae, they see the curtain hasn't been drawn or the untied shoelace.
- They also have an eye for a catchy phrase.
- But if you mean to stick around on the planet for a bit, you need to keep your eyes skinned.
- He had kept his eyes peeled.
- He pedalled along the canal bank quite slowly, keeping his eyes skinned for signs of defunct animal life.
- If you are interested, keep your eyes peeled for nomination lists to that effect.
- One final word on buying components, keep your eyes peeled for products that are about to be discontinued.
- She still kept her eyes skinned for people coming up the drive though.
- The village was in complete wilderness, our toilet a local bush - keeping our eyes peeled for lions!
- We keep our eyes peeled for Forest Service Road 670.
- They went into the deal with their eyes open.
- And we lie there, with our eyes open, waiting for the sun.
- He was just lying there looking at her as if he was dreaming with his eyes open.
- She lies there in the dark, with her eyes open, keeping watch.
- She lies with her eyes open, listening to his noisy jerking-off and then his snores.
- The young man was gazing straight ahead, as if asleep with his eyes open.
- There are some people who get bored who can just fall asleep, standing up with their eyes open.
- They will be tough with you, so that you go into self-employment with your eyes open.
- Three days after that, I learned that I could begin the ascent with my eyes open.
- But they can still learn a remarkable amount by keeping an eye on the east.
- He said Kaczynski would keep an eye on his property.
- I decided that I would keep an eye on Tom after that.
- Mark: No, but the doctor is keeping an eye on her.
- Meanwhile we shall keep an eye on him.
- The doctor thought it best if she checked into a small, private facility where he could keep an eye on her.
- Those with Internet access should keep an eye on a series of Usenet discussion groups that cater to Windows 95 issues.
- You keep an eye on her, and me or Nanny Ogg will drop in when we can.
- It was one in the eye for the old order.
- The government's eye-for-an-eye justice could lead to further human rights abuses.
- The Old Testament ideal of an eye for an eye speaks to that need.
- A poem for her eyes only, a poem she liked.
- And afterwards, Jay started her own diary, for her eyes only.
- I got the duty doctor to give her a blood test, for my eyes only.
- Today I would like you to take a small piece of card which you will keep for your eyes only.
- Visit the Prescriptives counter for advice from the colour experts - for your eyes only!
- When you're looking after a two year old, you need to have eyes in the back of your head.
- You need to have eyes in the back of your head to be a teacher.
- Even after his second wife left him in 1991, Thurmond has kept his eye in practice.
- It all helps to get your eye in and is far better than trying to rely on memory.
- My mother had eyes like a hawk.
- As I told you, I have my eyes on a very different sort of market.
- He kept his eyes on Ezra, surveying him.
- He kept his eyes on his father, who had betrayed him.
- His face had grown serious, and he kept his eyes on the road.
- I kept my eyes on it the whole time, he wrote.
- It was not only Percy Makepeace who kept his eyes on Hilary.
- Mulcahey kept his eyes on the circles that widened out from the pebbles he dropped into the water.
- We have to keep our eyes on the sandy path.
- Mark only had eyes for his wife.
- A diamond necklace my eye! That was glass!
- But he never looked at his grandmother, who seemed eager to make eye contact.
- I was paralysed with fear at the very thought of making eye contact with them, let alone playing the teacher.
- Let your body language, eye contact and facial expression show involvement and receptivity.
- She had always associated eye contact with frankness; there was nothing frank about this man.
- She was making deep eye contact with me and a couple of her rings were digging into my fingers rather painfully.
- They were seated and made little, if any, eye contact with the brothers or their lawyers.
- This ensures good eye contact which is very important in promoting mutual trust and confidence between members.
- Unlike radio, the anchor / readers do not have to be in eye contact with the control room.
- Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.
- He was the apple of her eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength - her everything.
- Lucy's son was the apple of her eye, work her raisond'être.
- Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.
- He stepped into the aisle, averting his eyes from the altar.
- I averted my eyes from her.
- I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.
- I wish I had power, just power enough to avert my eyes.
- In it the artist portrays a disheveled thirty-one-year-old Morisot averting her gaze from the viewer.
- Sometimes Fate tiptoes discreetly at the margins of our lives, averting her eyes and keeping her distance.
- They avert their eyes when they pass her in the hall.
- He used to tell the worst lies without batting an eye.
- I couldn't believe my ears when she told me the cheapest flight was $1,100.
- Many landlords turn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharing apartments.
- Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.
- But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.
- Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye.
- He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world.
- Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.
- The best the authorities could do was turn a blind eye.
- The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye.
- They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye.
- A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.
- He went from frozen stillness to liquid and menacing movement in the blink of an eye.
- He would be up and after them in the blink of an eye.
- How often does it lose a week's work in the blink of an eye?
- I had read somewhere that all the greatest discoveries had been made in the blink of an eye.
- It was the uncertainty, the thought that all my happiness could be smashed in the blink of an eye.
- Christie was there, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, at 6:30 a.m.
- His dumb loyalty brought tears to my eyes.
- Just remembering it brings tears to my eyes 20 years later.
- The pain of the short trip brought tears to my eyes.
- The thought of his wasting all that training brought tears to my eyes.
- The tune moved through her mind and body, bringing tears to her eyes.
- The very word brings tears to your eyes.
- They brought tears to her eyes, but tears of pain soon welled up from an overwhelming sense of despair.
- This unexpected kindness brings tears to my eyes.
- Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.
- Reddish brown hair and bright, button eyes, and a shy, quivering look.
- There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
- Since marrying her he hadn't cast an eye on anyone else.
- The professor shrugged, casting an eye over Davide's good jacket, to inform him that his information was unnecessary.
- All of a sudden, something red caught Barb's eye.
- I caught Ben's eye in the rear-view mirror and knew what he was thinking.
- I was walking through the market when a beautiful dress caught my eye.
- Wright caught the eye of filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial.
- And that's another thing, none of us have clapped eyes on him.
- But before I clap eyes on his miserable face, I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can!
- Even so I was surprised to know that Louise has never clapped eyes on her.
- I need you so much at times that I wish, sincerely wish I'd never clapped eyes on you.
- Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him.
- She cocked an eye at Léonie, grunted.
- First, insects have compound eyes consisting of up to several thousand optical units called ommatidia, each with a single lens.
- Instead, it forms a huge domed shield on the front of which are two bean-shaped compound eyes.
- It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli.
- That portion of the epicranium which lies immediately behind the frons and between the compound eyes is termed the vertex.
- The silverfish, for example, has compound eyes but others in the group are blind.
- There is not only one way, as is demonstrated by the compound eyes of arthropods.
- Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a man running out of the store.
- It draws the eye to any double chin occupying space just above.
- Kip drew his eyes down from the luminous dark green peaks that ringed Long Tieng.
- Light moving air touched my face and drew my eyes to the south.
- She lingered still beneath the rushlight, the mark on her finger drawing her eyes irresistibly.
- She was wearing - barley - another creating in cling silk, which drew any approving eyes.
- The patches shown are drawn from five eyes from four female monkeys.
- The shyness, the hesitancy, the gratitude, all spoke in that face which drew the eye and held it.
- The table drew the eye like an altar.
- They dropped their eyes and pretended not to notice him.
- For no reason at all, she shivered and dropped her gaze.
- He blessed himself and dropped his eyes as the hearse passed.
- I drop my eyes in confusion.
- I dropped my eyes to my foot, straightened out the tongue, and stood up.
- She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters.
- She looks up at him, holds his gaze for a second or two, then drops her eyes.
- We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.
- And remember - if you're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
- Both eye irritation and redness are helped with lubricating eye drops and eye ointments.
- Sterile eye drops can be purchased for this purpose.
- That was the other thing, it took me a long fight to get my eye drops.
- They also have literature on the correct use of things such as eye drops and inhalers.
- This has distinct advantages over using eye drops.
- There wasn't by a dry eye in the house after Marvin finished his graduation speech.
- Count Trepolov also was keeping an eagle eye alternately on Lord Westbourne and his lady, not on savouries.
- For once, Beatrice's eagle eye failed to detect the tenderness in Timothy whenever he spoke to Topaz.
- He would have to keep an eagle eye out for Freddie though.
- I gave Leslie Brown her list back and wandered around under her eagle eye looking at the horses.
- Its pages were scanned with eagle eyes.
- Now Glover himself was as female as the next man, keeping an eagle eye on boys.
- Under Leonore's eagle eye he had examined the suddenly produced delivery note and made only a cursory inspection of the truck.
- I like jazz because it's usually easy on the ear.
- Above all, it should be as physically comfortable and relaxing as it is easy on the eye.
- And frankly, she's pretty easy on the eyes, too.
- Garda Garda is a charming old village that is very easy on the eye.
- It's all been a bit too easy on the ear and eye.
- It was vital that they should be prompt and professional as well as easy on the eye.
- Ken Russell's production is certainly easy on the eye, but fans are expecting a bit more than a well-turned ankle.
- The layout and print is easy on the eye and the revision passages for dictation becomes increasingly difficult as the book progresses.
- This exhibit, Without Sanctuary, is not easy on the eyes.
- It can nullify the evil eye.
- Looking at him, I can see why the ignorant give credence to the Evil Eye.
- She brushes her teeth with fluoride, but spits to deter the Evil Eye.
- They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye.
- A fierce, terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand.
- As he scanned the room for potential defenders his eyes fell on Father Ed Dougherty.
- Does the gaze fall on the impaired body or on social barriers?
- He greeted her, his eyes falling on her again for an instant and then skittering away.
- He helped me shift the tea-chests and his eyes fell on your clothes as though dazed in a perfumed garden.
- Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor.
- Looking around, his glance fell on the twigs scattered on the ground where Cassowary had thrown them.
- My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket.
- Maggie fastened her eyes on him and tried to get control of her temper and her very stupidly lingering disappointment.
- Just feast your eyes on the car's leather seats and walnut dashboard.
- I gulped, and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk.
- She fixed her eyes on Mr Hollins's face and waited for his answer.
- She fixed her eyes on the jagged line of rocks to which she had to climb.
- She fixed her eyes on the street in an attempt to calm herself.
- She couldn't turn round so she fixed her eyes on her two brothers on the altar.
- I-Ie had gimlet eyes and a notably still, restrained manner.
- And I won't have the Apostate scupper all my efforts by giving Rainbow the glad eye.
- But he still remembered the hidden yawns, the glazed looks and drooping eyelids.
- Has anyone noticed that Nicolas Cage has gotten a sort of stoned-out, glazed look to him of late?
- He did not acknowledge Conroy, but hurried on down with that glazed look of some one already encased in their next entrance.
- Instead, you held your head high and let a glazed look mask your eyes.
- The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes.
- They had the distended bellies and glazed eyes of famine.
- With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance.
- McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight.
- I just wanted to gouge his eyes out.
- Allen kept half an eye on the path as he worked.
- Always half an ear, half a mind.
- Anyone with half an eye could see Susan's antagonism towards her.
- He has half an eye on where the gun went.
- He told me this and that, but I listened with only half an ear.
- Of course, no government with half an eye on re-election would ever legalise anything it didn't have to.
- She always had half an eye for him; sometimes I thought she watched him as a tamer does a tiger.
- With only half an ear for Grigoriev's response, Rostov stared across the room.
- A well-shaped grey head leaned to peer at her out of concerned hollow eyes, whose colour she could not determine.
- Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
- His hollow eyes have led you to expect something far more ruined.
- Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
- The hollow eyes on the pillow were filling with tears.
- White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
- More thick dry stone arches connect the two ruins and lead the eye into a singular landscape.
- The lawn itself has been built up from strong flowing curves and these naturally lead the eye away from those rectangular boundaries.
- He looked Lucien in the eyes only once.
- He doesn't look you in the eyes when he talks; he answers quietly with head bowed.
- He tried to look me in the eye, Say I didn't look a day older.
- I don't see why I shouldn't look people in the eye.
- My friend puts down her fork and looks me in the eye.
- Next day everybody had trouble looking Rick in the eye.
- Nice firm handshake, look her in the eye.
- A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair, commanding her to lower her head.
- Gao Yang lowered his head, sending drops of cooled sweat sliding Jown the tree to the ground.
- He lowered his head on to the table; the marble felt fresh in contact with his flushed skin.
- It made a small noise in its nostrils, then lowered its head slightly, as if bowing to her.
- Kathleen Lavender lowered her head, in tears of distress.
- The horse must be taught to lower his head and find balance on his hocks.
- When Ray finished, he passed the microphone and lowered his head.
- When we meet, she lowers her head and scoots by, but I can see the tears in her eyes.
- "I didn't know he wrote poetry." "Yes -- he also does painting. There's more to him than meets the eye."
- It looks like a simple case of burglary, but there may be more to it than meets the eye.
- People think of Bradford as a dull industrial city, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
- Their eyes met across the crowded room.
- As the woman searched for a seat, their eyes met and held.
- As their eyes met, Quinn suddenly felt that Stillman had become invisible.
- But when our eyes meet, the invisible daggers fly.
- In between times he looked out the window or stared at me, smiling when our eyes met.
- The family could hear her swift heavy steps, up there, and did not let their eyes meet.
- Then their eyes met and it was not about money.
- When their eyes meet she envisions the fulfillment of her dream of marrying a man with aristocratic connections not from Middlemarch.
- It was hard to meet his eyes for long, and she looked away.
- Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.
- On occasion, she would meet Ted's eyes, and he would wink, and nod his head encouragingly.
- She met Charles's eyes and looked away in case he could read her renewed longing for Keele.
- She met his eyes without flinching, a mutinous sparkle enlivening the depths of her own grey gaze.
- They meet the eyes of others.
- This is an interesting question and there is probably more to it than meets the eye.
- Firm fingers turned her head round, and helplessly she met his eyes.
- He dared not meet her eye.
- I prompted gently, meeting his eyes.
- Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.
- She met his eyes, and there was a fire burning there.
- The sight that met his eyes sent a spasm of horror through him.
- I can't remember her name, but I can clearly see her in my mind's eye.
- At the same time, they became the first men to see the reverse side of the Moon with the naked eye.
- He examined the pieces with the naked eye, then with his glass, while behind him Isobel held her breath.
- Technical problems To the naked eye the brain has a disturbingly homogeneous appearance.
- The magnification is usually at least thirty times greater than what is normally seen with the naked eye.
- There are even several, in addition to the Pleiades, which can be seen with the naked eye.
- To the naked eye, the bolts looked just like the others that protruded from other footings around the site.
- Today, poverty is still obvious to the naked eye.
- What looked like individual lights to the naked eye actually split into two under the resolving power of the telescope.
- All of you - walk around Pentonville and keep your ears open.
- By then keeping her eyes open was less of an effort.
- Go back to bed only when you can no longer keep your eyes Open.
- Remembering his duty, he strode briskly up the stairs, keeping his eyes open for any suspicious signs.
- Swing the boat south, keep her eyes open.
- The basic rules of self-defence are quite simple: keep your eyes open and you can usually avoid trouble.
- The daily firings produced by the withering economy offered loopholes of opportunity for a young man who kept his eyes open.
- You know how to keep your eyes open and your mouth shut.
- His speech really opened my eyes to the way big corporations operate.
- He opened his eyes to make the words stop.
- His voice sounded oddly strangled, and she opened her eyes to find his face unexpectedly close to hers.
- I opened my eyes into a black web.
- I gave a little meow to get his attention and he opened his eyes.
- Jim opened his eyes and looked at Karen.
- Soon he could not move or speak, or open his eyes.
- When he opened his eyes again he was staring at a pinkish whirlpool running into the drain.
- When I opened my eyes, I looked out to the stake and saw his ball fall right near it again.
- Although most people would have stared at his nose Adam was more struck by his penetrating eyes.
- He was from Fukien province, was missionary-trained, and had bright, penetrating eyes.
- Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.
- Nomatterwhat she did to distract herself, his dark penetrating eyes lingered in her memory as though they'd been branded there.
- Take a long hard, and penetrating look into the way you handle your life and the pattern of your partnerships in general.
- The woman scrutinized me from across the office, holding her penetrating gaze as I walked toward her.
- They were the blackest, brightest, most penetrating eyes I ever saw...
- The bear suddenly stopped eating and glared at the knight, its small, piggy eyes red with hatred.
- Three pairs of little piggy eyes darted nervously round the garden.
- She is finally able to relax with friends, away from prying eyes.
- Until the key is used, the contents of the message are locked away from prying eyes.
- Fit in periods away from people, giving yourself the opportunity to renew your energy and rest your eyes.
- He rested his eyes on her, very conscious of the smooth skin and her flowery perfume.
- I took off my shoes and rested my feet on her thighs as she massaged them.
- In fact I was having trouble finding a place to rest my eyes.
- Should children with defective vision be resting their eyes?
- Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front.
- The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we weren't there.
- It's high time the scales fell from our eyes, and our bathrooms.
- Blake screwed up his eyes, trying to peer through the fog.
- He screwed up his eyes against the light and Jurnet saw the gipsy in him.
- He screwed up his eyes and put his hands over his ears.
- He screwed up his face as the hot water from the kitchen tap scalded his hand.
- He screwed up his face at the appalling stench but made no move to draw back.
- She screwed up her face and whispered: you're so revoltingly fat you disgusting baboon.
- They scrunch up their faces, peering into the haze.
- We have come to see it through the eyes of the people who take part in it.
- Lifland and his wife don't always see eye to eye.
- And if he didn't do that she couldn't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye.
- Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate; but they did not see eye to eye.
- But then those two don't see eye to eye about anything these days.
- I don't see eye to eye with Tod on all issues.
- My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living.
- Relationships were just too difficult, the sexes would never see eye to eye, it was all too much bother.
- We'd never see eye to eye - remember how affronted I was by Gerald Scaife's stuff?
- Duhamel's face was white; the shadows under his eyes seemed to deepen.
- Even with the blinds down, she could see the dark shadows under her eyes.
- He noted the shadows under her eyes.
- How fresh she looked every morning, despite the slight shadows under her eyes which denoted not much sleep.
- Mr Stead was middle-aged and paunchy, with deep shadows under his eyes and square rimless glasses.
- On Monday morning Sam came to class events with dark shadows under his eyes, looking ten years older over a weekend.
- One day she came to history class with dark shadows under her eyes.
- She still looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
- Security guards kept a sharp eye on Mattson as he walked through the store.
- As a teen-ager, I kept a sharp eye on who was winning the prizes I wanted: Honor Roll.
- I keep a sharp eye on him.
- We must not shut our ears to the voices of suffering people.
- Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room.
- Rincewind tried to shut his ears to the grating voice beside him.
- She shut her eyes against it all; shut her eyes to open them again on to the harmless horizon.
- She shut her eyes to shut everything out.
- She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.
- Sometimes she even managed to shut her ears to the arguments going on around her.
- They could not shut their eyes to the ugly and degrading side of wine-drinking and see only the delightful side.
- A visit to the Westonbirt Arboretum with its 13,000 trees and shrubs is always a sight for sore eyes.
- That'd be a sight for sore eyes with that one.
- Joy went crimson and tears sprang into her eyes.
- With that avowal, tears sprang to her eyes, leaving Farini nonplussed.
- He squeezed his eyes shut and swore silently to give himself courage.
- Isabel squeezed her eyes shut for a second.
- Just in case, he also crossed his legs and squeezed his eyes shut.
- She squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her fists tight.
- She squeezed her eyes shut tightly, feeling the sting of tears behind her eyelids.
- Shiona gripped the steering-wheel and squeezed her eyes shut and slowly counted up to ten.
- The boy squeezed his eyes shut and stopped moving.
- With a groan she squeezed her eyes shut.
- Black sunken eyes like dried figs.
- Fitzosbert's sunken cheeks were liberally rouged and this made his bulbous grey eyes seem even more fish-like.
- No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
- The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes.
- The grey skin; the red-rimmed eyes; the sunken cheeks.
- Jake walked into the room with a twinkle in his eye.
- And Beth walked between them, a smile in her heart, and a twinkle in her eyes.
- But she saw a twinkle in his eyes, and her lips twitched.
- She had a pleasant disposition and always had a twinkle in her eyes.
- The ghost of a twinkle in her eye?
- There was a twinkle in his eye as he said dryly that the procedures needed to be looked into.
- But in the supernatural universe the Great Battle was won in the twinkling of an eye.
- But stop pushing me, stop expecting me to change in the twinkling of an eye.
- But he knew what he was looking at, though to the untrained eye it was just a pile of minuscule fragments.
- Although its voluntary recruits diminished, the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity's watchful eye.
- Amelia learned stunting under his watchful eye, to become competent in the air no matter what the conditions.
- No such extravagance here, as under the watchful eye of Asquith, he launched into some of his best known songs.
- She felt absolutely helpless and extremely vulnerable standing completely unclothed under his watchful eyes.
- The second best is under the watchful eye or with the help of a relative.
- Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
- Today, the Reichardt duck farm is run under the watchful eye of Jim Reichardt, great grandson of the original founder.
- Voice over Back at the Young Telegraph, their final copy is put together under the watchful eye of a full-time reporter.
- An icy wind blew into my face, making my eyes water.
- Jo's eyes were watering from the smoke that filled the room.
- Both, for different reasons, kept weather eyes on the cloning work.
- They dabble in composites, and keep a weather eye on the developments made by the small specialists.
- This lets you keep a weather eye on your finances.
- Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.
- The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
- But it's not easy to pull the wool over our eyes.
- He found out we had been pulling the wool over his eyes for quite some time.
- The only conclusion a consumer can reach is that Microsoft managed to pull the wool over the eyes of millions of users.
- There are people who can pull the wool over peoples' eyes.
- You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
- You can not pull the wool over Hooper's eyes.
for seeing with [countable] one of the two parts of the body that you use to see with: He’s got beautiful eyes. There were tears in her eyes as she listened to the story. Ow! I’ve got something in my eye!blue-eyed/one-eyed/bright-eyed etc a brown-eyed girl → wide-eyed2way of seeing/understanding [countable usually singular] a particular way of seeing, judging, or understanding something: Go through your shopping list with a critical eye for foods with a high fat content.with the eye of somebody The magazine combines the accuracy of the scientist with the eye of the artist.to somebody’s eye(s) The picture quality, to my eye, is excellent.through the eyes of somebody (=from the point of view of a particular person) The story is told through the eyes of a refugee child.in the eyes of somebody (=according to a particular person or group) Carl could do no wrong in the eyes of his parents.3keep an eye on something/somebody to look after someone or something and make sure that they are safe: Mary will keep an eye on the kids this afternoon. We keep a watchful eye on our elderly neighbors.4have/keep your eye on somebody to carefully watch everything that someone does, especially because you do not trust them: We want Taylor in jail where we can keep an eye on him.5eye contact when you look directly at someone at the same time as they are looking at you: People who are lying tend to avoid eye contact. In a formal interview, try to maintain good eye contact with the interviewers.6keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something to be watching someone or something at the same time that you are doing something else: Louise was stirring the soup with half an eye on the baby.7have your eye on something to want something that you think might become available: He has his eye on the bigger apartment next door.8the naked eye if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using any artificial help such as a telescope or microscopewith the naked eye It’s just about possible to see the planet with the naked eye on a clear night.visible/invisible to the naked eye Dust mites are tiny creatures, invisible to the naked eye.9before your very eyes (also (right) in front of your eyes) especially spoken if something happens before your very eyes, it happens where you can clearly see it: The murder had apparently taken place before our very eyes.10can’t take your eyes off somebody/something to be unable to stop looking at someone or something, especially because they are extremely interesting or attractive: She looked stunning. I couldn’t take my eyes off her all evening.11under the (watchful/stern etc) eye of somebody while being watched by someone who is making sure that you behave properly or do something right: We went to dances, but only under the watchful eye of our father.12run/cast your eye over something to look at something quickly: She cast her eye over the front page of the paper.13set/lay/clap eyes on somebody/something spoken to see something or meet someone, especially for the first time: I loved that house from the moment I clapped eyes on it.14keep an eye open/out (for somebody/something) to watch carefully so that you will notice when someone or something appears: Keep an eye out for rabbits in the field.15with an eye to (doing) something if you do something with an eye to doing something else, you do it in order to make the second thing more likely to happen: Most novels are published with an eye to commercial success.16close/shut your eyes to something to ignore something or pretend that you do not know it is happening: Most governments know that we’re heading for an environmental catastrophe but they shut their eyes to it.17have an eye/a good eye for something to be good at noticing a particular type of thing, especially something attractive, valuable, of good quality etc: Ernest has an eye for detail. She’s definitely got a good eye for a bargain.18keep your eyes peeled/skinned spoken to watch carefully and continuously for somethingeye for She stumbled along, keeping her eyes peeled for a phone box.19with your eyes open knowing fully what the problems, difficulties, results etc of a situation might be: I’ve no one to blame but myself – I went into this deal with my eyes open.20can do something with your eyes shut/closed to be able to do something very easily: Believe me, you could run that place with your eyes closed.21make eyes at somebody/give somebody the eye informal to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive: Don’t look now, but that guy over there is really giving you the eye.22an eye for/on/to the main chance if you have an eye for the main chance, you will take advantage of any possible opportunity to get what you want – used to show disapproval23one in the eye for somebody British English spoken something that will annoy someone or give them a disadvantage – used especially when you think this is a good thing: This latest judgment will definitely be one in the eye for the fast food corporations.24an eye for an eye the idea that if someone does something wrong, you should punish them by doing the same thing to them: An eye for an eye is no way to run a civilised justice system.25for somebody’s eyes only used to say that something is secret and must only be seen by one particular person or group: The information is for police eyes only.26have eyes in the back of your head to know what is happening all around you, even when this seems impossible: We’ll have to be really careful – old Jonesey has eyes in the back of his head.27get/keep your eye in British English informal to practise or to continue practising an activity so that you become good at it28have eyes like a hawk to notice every small detail or everything that is happening, and therefore be very difficult to deceive: We never got away with anything in Mrs. Podell’s class – she had eyes like a hawk.29his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head) British English especially spoken to be very surprised, shocked, or excited by something you see30be up to your eyes in something British English informal to be very busy doing something: He’s up to his eyes in paperwork.31have eyes bigger than your belly spoken used to say that you have taken more food than you are able to eat32only have eyes for somebody if someone only has eyes for someone, they love and are interested in that person only33my eye! old-fashioned spoken used to say that you do not believe something34all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc a)used to say that everyone is looking at someone or something: All eyes were on the speaker, and nobody noticed me slip into the hall. b)used to say that a lot of people are paying attention to a particular person or situation: For the time being, all eyes are on the White House.35in a pig’s eye! American English spoken used to show that you do not believe what someone is saying36camera [singular] the eye of the camera is the way that you appear in photographs: Fashion models are completely comfortable with the eye of the camera.37needle [countable] the hole in a needle that you put the thread through38for fastening clothes [countable] a small circle or U-shaped piece of metal used together with a hook for fastening clothes39storm [singular] the calm centre of a storm such as a hurricane40potato [countable] a dark spot on a potato that a new plant can grow from → bird's-eye view, black eye, Catseye, private eye, red eye, → the apple of somebody’s eye at apple(2), → not bat an eye at bat2(2), → turn a blind eye (to something) at blind1(3), → see something out of the corner of your eye at corner1(8), → the evil eye at evil1(5), → give somebody the glad eye at glad(6), → look somebody in the eye/face at look1(7), → in your mind’s eye at mind1(40), → here’s mud in your eye at mud, → open somebody’s eyes (to) at open2(17), → in the public eye at public1(4), → make sheep’s eyes at at sheep(3), → a sight for sore eyes at sight1(14), → in the twinkling of an eye at twinkling, → keep a weather eye on at weather1(5), → pull the wool over somebody’s eyes at wool(4)COLLOCATIONScolourbrown/blue/grey/green· Both their children have blue eyes.dark brown/pale brown· His eyes are dark brown.deep blue/pale blue· She looked into his deep blue eyes.· The tiny child’s pale blue eyes stared up at her appealingly.hazel (=pale brown and slightly green or golden)· He was a quiet, kindly man, with hazel eyes.sleepy/tired (also weary literary)· He rubbed his tired eyes and yawned.moist/watery/tearful (=full of tears)· Bethan’s eyes grew moist as she talked about her family.sad· He gazed at her with sad eyes as she slowly walked away.cold/cruel (=unfriendly or unkind)· He smiled, but his blue eyes were cold and cruel.shape/positionbig· She looked at me with those big brown eyes.small· His small cold eyes seemed full of menace.round/wide· The children gazed at the screen, their eyes wide with excitement.narrow· He has a thin face and narrow eyes.bulging (=round and sticking far out)· His bulging eyes made him rather look like a frog.beady eyes (=small round and bright, and noticing a lot of things)· His beady eyes darted around the room.deep-set (=far back in someone’s face)· Mac’s eyebrows were thick and dark, above deep-set eyes.close-set (=close together)· He had a small nose and close-set eyes.wide-set (=wide apart)· Claudette studied the wide-set eyes that looked so innocent.sunken (=having fallen inwards, especially because of age or illness)· The man's eyes were sunken, with deep black rings around them.showing your feelings/charactersleepy/tired· His eyes looked sleepy.· Her hair was a mess and her eyes were tired.sad· Her beautiful eyes suddenly looked sad.tearful/moist/misty (=feeling that you want to cry)· As she left a village, people waved at her with tearful eyes.bright (=happy or excited)· the bright eyes of the childrencold (=unfriendly and not showing any emotion)· Her eyes were cold and uncaring.red/bloodshot (=red because you are upset, tired, ill etc)· My mother’s eyes were red from crying.puffy (=swollen because you are ill or upset)· The girl’s eyes were puffy and full of tears.soulful eyes (=showing strong emotions, especially sadness)· The dog looked up at her with big soulful eyes.wild/mad eyes (=very angry, afraid etc)· He stared at them with wild eyes.hungry/greedy eyes (=showing that you want something very much)· The men looked around the room with their greedy eyes.verbsopen your eyes· I slowly opened my eyes.somebody’s eyes open· Suddenly his eyes opened.close/shut your eyes· Joe closed his eyes and tried to get back to sleep.somebody’s eyes close· She let her eyes close for just a moment.rub your eyes· Anna rubbed her eyes wearily.shade/shield your eyes (=protect them from a bright light or the sun)· They gazed out to sea, shielding their eyes from the sun.narrow your eyes (=partly close them, especially to show that you do not trust someone)· She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously.somebody’s eyes narrow (=become half closed, especially because someone does not trust another person)· Her dark eyes narrowed for a moment.somebody’s eyes widen (=become more open because they are surprised)· His eyes widened in shock.somebody’s eyes sparkle/shine (=show that they are very happy)· Jenny’s eyes sparkled with excitement.somebody’s eyes light up (=become excited)· His eyes lit up when I mentioned the word money.drop/lower your eyes (=look down at the ground)· The servants lowered their eyes as the countess walked past.avert your eyes literary (=look away from something)· He averted his eyes from the body.phraseskeep your eyes open (=prevent them from closing)· I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open.have/keep etc your eyes glued to something (=be watching something with all your attention)· Ted sat with his eyes glued to the television.somebody’s eyes are full of tears· When she put the phone down, her eyes were full of tears.somebody’s eyes are full of hatred/fear etc· The prisoners stared at him, their eyes full of hatred.eye + NOUNan eye test (also an eye exam American English) (=to find out how well you can see)· You should have an eye test every couple of years.eye make-up (=make-up that you put on your eyelids or eyelashes)· She never leaves the house without lipstick and eye make-up.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘black eyes’ when you mean dark brown eyes. You normally use ‘black eye’ when someone has a bruise around their eye, after being hit by someone.eye1 nouneye2 verb
eyeeye2 verb (present participle eyeing or eying) [transitive] VERB TABLE
eye
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | eye |
| he, she, it | eyes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | eyed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have eyed |
| he, she, it | has eyed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had eyed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will eye |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have eyed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am eyeing, eying |
| he, she, it | is eyeing, eying | |
| you, we, they | are eyeing, eying | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was eyeing, eying |
| you, we, they | were eyeing, eying | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been eyeing, eying |
| he, she, it | has been eyeing, eying | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been eyeing, eying |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be eyeing, eying |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been eyeing, eying |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Mavis eyed the old sewing machine. "Does this still work?" she asked.
- The dog sat there eyeing my sandwich as I ate.
- The two teams eyed each other warily, waiting for the game to begin.
- He eyes you suspiciously before going back to sorting cards.
- You eye the pepper mill, pause and pick the tablecloth.
Longman Language Activatorto look for a long time
to look directly at someone or something for a long time, without moving your eyes: · It's not polite to stare, you know.stare at: · Why are you staring at me like that?· She stared at the page for several minutes, trying to understand.· Ron kept silent and stared down at his food.stare into/out of etc: · When he's depressed, he just sits there, staring off into space.stare back (at somebody) (=stare at someone who is staring at you): · Everyone turned to look at him, and he stared stonily back.stare (at somebody/something) in amazement/horror/disbelief etc (=in a way that shows you are surprised or shocked): · Donna stared in horror as the man fell to the floor.stare somebody down (=stare at someone until they stop staring at you): · Fenton stood tall and stared down the gunmen.
to look at something or someone for a long time, especially with a feeling of love or great pleasure - used especially in stories and literature: gaze at: · I lay back on the sand and gazed at the stars above.· Ruth gazed down at the sleeping child.gaze out/into/through etc: · He stopped talking suddenly and gazed into the distance.· She sat gazing out the windows at the people walking by.
to look at someone or something for a long time, especially with your mouth open, because you are very surprised or shocked: · People stopped to gape as she walked down the street in a see-through mini-dress.gape at: · She stood there gaping at me, too shocked to speak.gape in amazement/horror etc: · I could only gape in astonishment as I saw the man take the bottle from the shelf and put it under his coat.
also gawp British to look at someone in a rude or annoying way, for example because they look unusual or are doing something unusual: · Tourists walked around gawking at the people in traditional costumes.· I wanted to kill the morons who had gathered around me, gawping and pointing.
to look at someone or something with interest or because you do not trust them: · Mavis eyed the old sewing machine. "Does this still work?" she asked.· The two teams eyed each other warily, waiting for the game to begin.
to look very carefully at someone's body and the clothes they are wearing, especially because you do not know them and you are trying to form an opinion of them: · The hotel manager slowly looked the old man up and down and then asked him to leave.· "Don't be silly - you don't need to lose weight," he said, looking her up and down.
to look at someone in a way that shows you are sexually interested in them to look and smile at someone in a way that shows a strong sexual interest, especially so that people feel a little frightened, embarrassed, or offended: · "Hey, baby. Do you like what you see?" he said, leering.leer at: · The old man leered suggestively at the waitress.· Stopping his work for a second, the garage attendant leered at the girls in the car.
to look at someone in an offensive way that shows you are sexually attracted to their body: · A group of men were ogling her from a bench across the street.· The beach was full of teenage boys who had come to ogle the girls in bikinis.
British informal to look at someone in a way that shows that you are sexually interested in them: eye somebody up/eye up somebody: · I'm not sure if he's eyeing me up or just staring at me.· Those two have been eyeing each other up all evening.
to make it clear to someone that you are sexually attracted to them by looking at them in a way that gets their attention: · Did you see those two making eyes at each other across the table?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. Zoe looked at me with a blank expression. Tears blurred her eyes. He fell heavily to the floor, his eyes bulging wide with fear. She blushed, casting her eyes down. Tonight, Tim Goodman casts a cynical eye on TV ads. Beth closed her eyes and tried to sleep. She looked round the room with a critical eye. Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk. She stood up and dried her eyes (=wiped away her tears). His eyes dulled a little. She flushed and her eyes fell (=she looked down). The plains stretched for as far as the eye could see (=all the distance you could see). Her eyes filled with tears. Her eyes filled up with tears. She followed Simon with her eyes as he walked to the gate. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. She viewed politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye (=in a jaundiced way). She has a keen eye for (=is good at noticing) talent. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed. The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye. He narrowed his eyes and gazed at the horizon. the writer’s observant eye for detail She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. We’d better get some shut-eye. He looked up with those great soulful eyes. Look him square in the eye and say no. To the trained eye the difference between these flowers is obvious (=the difference is clear to someone who has developed skills to notice something). To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven. Jasper remained silent and his eyes were veiled (=you could not guess what he was thinking). Keep a wary eye on the weather before you set sail. She eyed him warily. His eyes were watchful. Keep a watchful eye on elderly residents. Her eyes were red and watery from crying. Bill wiped his eyes (=wiped the tears from his face) and apologized.
(=an account of an event, given by the person who saw it happen)· an eye-witness account of the attack
Jack looked like someone had given him a black eye. Zoe looked at me with a blank expression. Tears blurred her eyes. He fell heavily to the floor, his eyes bulging wide with fear. She blushed, casting her eyes down. Tonight, Tim Goodman casts a cynical eye on TV ads. Beth closed her eyes and tried to sleep. (=watch someone or something carefully)· They have to keep a close eye on their finances.
She looked round the room with a critical eye. (=be extremely sad and cry a lot)· Lucy read the letter and cried her eyes out.
(=skill at noticing all the small features)· He's a brilliant photographer with a fantastic eye for detail.
(=someone who can make good judgments about art or music)
Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk. She stood up and dried her eyes (=wiped away her tears). His eyes dulled a little. (=the eyes of someone who knows a lot about something)· To the expert eye, this is a beautiful example of early Roman pottery.
She flushed and her eyes fell (=she looked down). The plains stretched for as far as the eye could see (=all the distance you could see). Her eyes filled with tears. Her eyes filled up with tears. She followed Simon with her eyes as he walked to the gate. Jo stepped forward, her eyes blazing with fury. (=the one that is not damaged) He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm.
He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm. literary· Then he noticed the dark eyes, smouldering with hate.
(=used especially when saying that something cannot be seen by people)· These creatures are too small for the human eye to see.
· She was given antibiotics for an ear infection.
Using a telescope, Galileo discovered stars that were invisible to the naked eye. She viewed politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye (=in a jaundiced way). She has a keen eye for (=is good at noticing) talent. (=move your head or eyes up so that you can look at something) She lifted her head to gaze at him.
She lifted her head to gaze at him. Their eyes locked together (=they could not look away from each other) for an instant. He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.· She was wearing far too much eye make-up.
(=they show that someone wants to cause trouble, play tricks etc)· Leo nodded, his eyes shining with mischief.
Whenever Maria sees a picture of her mother, she gets misty-eyed. The mite is just visible to the naked eye. Through his telescope he could see millions of stars that were invisible to the naked eye. He narrowed his eyes and gazed at the horizon. (=the hole at the top of the needle that the thread goes through)· This gadget helps you put the thread through the eye of the needle.
the writer’s observant eye for detail She felt as if every pair of eyes in the room was on her. Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye. (=to someone who has seen something many times and knows a lot about it)
She yawned and rubbed her eyes. (=the ability to notice and deal with details)
She lay down on her bed and shut her eyes. (=shut your eyes tight)
We’d better get some shut-eye. He looked up with those great soulful eyes. Look him square in the eye and say no. (=try very hard to hear or see) I strained my ears, listening for any sound in the silence of the cave.
I strained my ears, listening for any sound in the silence of the cave.· As she watched, there were tears of joy in her eyes.
(=make someone cry)· This unexpected kindness brings tears to my eyes.
· His eyes filled with tears as he recalled his mother’s sacrifices.
(=tears come into their eyes)· She broke off, feeling the tears welling up in her eyes.
· All children starting school are given a sight test.
To the trained eye the difference between these flowers is obvious (=the difference is clear to someone who has developed skills to notice something). To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven. Jasper remained silent and his eyes were veiled (=you could not guess what he was thinking). (=a view from high above something)· The top of the bell tower in the square gives a bird’s-eye view of Venice.
(=able to be seen without using special equipment)· The comet is now visible to the naked eye.
Keep a wary eye on the weather before you set sail. She eyed him warily. His eyes were watchful. Keep a watchful eye on elderly residents. Her eyes were red and watery from crying. Bill wiped his eyes (=wiped the tears from his face) and apologized.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► bat your eyes/eyelashes► have/keep your beady eye(s) on somebody/something► beauty is in the eye of the beholder► bedroom eyes► (dark) circles under your eyes► doe eyes► somebody would give their eye teeth for something► somebody’s life flashes before their eyes► something is a gleam in somebody’s eye► the green-eyed monster► have eyes like a hawk► heavy-lidded eyes► here’s mud in your eye► in a pig’s eye► somebody’s eyes popped (out of their head)► the public eye► take the red eye► have a roving eye► deep-set/wide-set/close-set eyes► somebody’s eyes/gaze settles on somebody/something► make sheep’s eyes at somebody► somebody’s eyes are out on stalks► have stars in your eyes
to look at someone or something carefully, especially because you do not trust them or because you want something: - Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.
- He was the apple of her eye, the salt of her earth, the source of her strength - her everything.
- Lucy's son was the apple of her eye, work her raisond'être.
- Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.
- He stepped into the aisle, averting his eyes from the altar.
- I averted my eyes from her.
- I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.
- I wish I had power, just power enough to avert my eyes.
- In it the artist portrays a disheveled thirty-one-year-old Morisot averting her gaze from the viewer.
- Sometimes Fate tiptoes discreetly at the margins of our lives, averting her eyes and keeping her distance.
- They avert their eyes when they pass her in the hall.
- He used to tell the worst lies without batting an eye.
- I couldn't believe my ears when she told me the cheapest flight was $1,100.
- Many landlords turn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharing apartments.
- Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.
- But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.
- Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye.
- He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world.
- Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.
- The best the authorities could do was turn a blind eye.
- The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye.
- They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye.
- A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.
- He went from frozen stillness to liquid and menacing movement in the blink of an eye.
- He would be up and after them in the blink of an eye.
- How often does it lose a week's work in the blink of an eye?
- I had read somewhere that all the greatest discoveries had been made in the blink of an eye.
- It was the uncertainty, the thought that all my happiness could be smashed in the blink of an eye.
- Christie was there, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, at 6:30 a.m.
- His dumb loyalty brought tears to my eyes.
- Just remembering it brings tears to my eyes 20 years later.
- The pain of the short trip brought tears to my eyes.
- The thought of his wasting all that training brought tears to my eyes.
- The tune moved through her mind and body, bringing tears to her eyes.
- The very word brings tears to your eyes.
- They brought tears to her eyes, but tears of pain soon welled up from an overwhelming sense of despair.
- This unexpected kindness brings tears to my eyes.
- Mrs Stych fixed her button eyes upon the elegant figure of Mrs Frizzell and bowled purposefully across the lawn.
- Reddish brown hair and bright, button eyes, and a shy, quivering look.
- There are hundreds of black button eyes and a thick nest of yarn for the hair.
- Since marrying her he hadn't cast an eye on anyone else.
- The professor shrugged, casting an eye over Davide's good jacket, to inform him that his information was unnecessary.
- All of a sudden, something red caught Barb's eye.
- I caught Ben's eye in the rear-view mirror and knew what he was thinking.
- I was walking through the market when a beautiful dress caught my eye.
- Wright caught the eye of filmmaker Spike Lee, who featured him in a jeans commercial.
- And that's another thing, none of us have clapped eyes on him.
- But before I clap eyes on his miserable face, I intend to down as many cups of sack as I can!
- Even so I was surprised to know that Louise has never clapped eyes on her.
- I need you so much at times that I wish, sincerely wish I'd never clapped eyes on you.
- Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him.
- She cocked an eye at Léonie, grunted.
- First, insects have compound eyes consisting of up to several thousand optical units called ommatidia, each with a single lens.
- Instead, it forms a huge domed shield on the front of which are two bean-shaped compound eyes.
- It forms the greater part of the brain and innervates the compound eyes and ocelli.
- That portion of the epicranium which lies immediately behind the frons and between the compound eyes is termed the vertex.
- The silverfish, for example, has compound eyes but others in the group are blind.
- There is not only one way, as is demonstrated by the compound eyes of arthropods.
- Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a man running out of the store.
- It draws the eye to any double chin occupying space just above.
- Kip drew his eyes down from the luminous dark green peaks that ringed Long Tieng.
- Light moving air touched my face and drew my eyes to the south.
- She lingered still beneath the rushlight, the mark on her finger drawing her eyes irresistibly.
- She was wearing - barley - another creating in cling silk, which drew any approving eyes.
- The patches shown are drawn from five eyes from four female monkeys.
- The shyness, the hesitancy, the gratitude, all spoke in that face which drew the eye and held it.
- The table drew the eye like an altar.
- They dropped their eyes and pretended not to notice him.
- For no reason at all, she shivered and dropped her gaze.
- He blessed himself and dropped his eyes as the hearse passed.
- I drop my eyes in confusion.
- I dropped my eyes to my foot, straightened out the tongue, and stood up.
- She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters.
- She looks up at him, holds his gaze for a second or two, then drops her eyes.
- We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.
- And remember - if you're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
- Both eye irritation and redness are helped with lubricating eye drops and eye ointments.
- Sterile eye drops can be purchased for this purpose.
- That was the other thing, it took me a long fight to get my eye drops.
- They also have literature on the correct use of things such as eye drops and inhalers.
- This has distinct advantages over using eye drops.
- There wasn't by a dry eye in the house after Marvin finished his graduation speech.
- Count Trepolov also was keeping an eagle eye alternately on Lord Westbourne and his lady, not on savouries.
- For once, Beatrice's eagle eye failed to detect the tenderness in Timothy whenever he spoke to Topaz.
- He would have to keep an eagle eye out for Freddie though.
- I gave Leslie Brown her list back and wandered around under her eagle eye looking at the horses.
- Its pages were scanned with eagle eyes.
- Now Glover himself was as female as the next man, keeping an eagle eye on boys.
- Under Leonore's eagle eye he had examined the suddenly produced delivery note and made only a cursory inspection of the truck.
- I like jazz because it's usually easy on the ear.
- Above all, it should be as physically comfortable and relaxing as it is easy on the eye.
- And frankly, she's pretty easy on the eyes, too.
- Garda Garda is a charming old village that is very easy on the eye.
- It's all been a bit too easy on the ear and eye.
- It was vital that they should be prompt and professional as well as easy on the eye.
- Ken Russell's production is certainly easy on the eye, but fans are expecting a bit more than a well-turned ankle.
- The layout and print is easy on the eye and the revision passages for dictation becomes increasingly difficult as the book progresses.
- This exhibit, Without Sanctuary, is not easy on the eyes.
- It can nullify the evil eye.
- Looking at him, I can see why the ignorant give credence to the Evil Eye.
- She brushes her teeth with fluoride, but spits to deter the Evil Eye.
- They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye.
- A fierce, terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand.
- As he scanned the room for potential defenders his eyes fell on Father Ed Dougherty.
- Does the gaze fall on the impaired body or on social barriers?
- He greeted her, his eyes falling on her again for an instant and then skittering away.
- He helped me shift the tea-chests and his eyes fell on your clothes as though dazed in a perfumed garden.
- Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor.
- Looking around, his glance fell on the twigs scattered on the ground where Cassowary had thrown them.
- My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket.
- Maggie fastened her eyes on him and tried to get control of her temper and her very stupidly lingering disappointment.
- Just feast your eyes on the car's leather seats and walnut dashboard.
- I gulped, and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk.
- She fixed her eyes on Mr Hollins's face and waited for his answer.
- She fixed her eyes on the jagged line of rocks to which she had to climb.
- She fixed her eyes on the street in an attempt to calm herself.
- She couldn't turn round so she fixed her eyes on her two brothers on the altar.
- I-Ie had gimlet eyes and a notably still, restrained manner.
- And I won't have the Apostate scupper all my efforts by giving Rainbow the glad eye.
- But he still remembered the hidden yawns, the glazed looks and drooping eyelids.
- Has anyone noticed that Nicolas Cage has gotten a sort of stoned-out, glazed look to him of late?
- He did not acknowledge Conroy, but hurried on down with that glazed look of some one already encased in their next entrance.
- Instead, you held your head high and let a glazed look mask your eyes.
- The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes.
- They had the distended bellies and glazed eyes of famine.
- With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance.
- McLaren accused Roberts of trying to gouge his eyes out during the fight.
- I just wanted to gouge his eyes out.
- Allen kept half an eye on the path as he worked.
- Always half an ear, half a mind.
- Anyone with half an eye could see Susan's antagonism towards her.
- He has half an eye on where the gun went.
- He told me this and that, but I listened with only half an ear.
- Of course, no government with half an eye on re-election would ever legalise anything it didn't have to.
- She always had half an eye for him; sometimes I thought she watched him as a tamer does a tiger.
- With only half an ear for Grigoriev's response, Rostov stared across the room.
- A well-shaped grey head leaned to peer at her out of concerned hollow eyes, whose colour she could not determine.
- Even with all this, the hollow cheeks, the scalp withered, you could still see how handsome Hugh had been.
- His hollow eyes have led you to expect something far more ruined.
- Its flame showed up her hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes.
- The hollow eyes on the pillow were filling with tears.
- White-faced, with a three-day-old beard, hollow cheeks and staring eyes, Sikes looked like a ghost.
- More thick dry stone arches connect the two ruins and lead the eye into a singular landscape.
- The lawn itself has been built up from strong flowing curves and these naturally lead the eye away from those rectangular boundaries.
- He looked Lucien in the eyes only once.
- He doesn't look you in the eyes when he talks; he answers quietly with head bowed.
- He tried to look me in the eye, Say I didn't look a day older.
- I don't see why I shouldn't look people in the eye.
- My friend puts down her fork and looks me in the eye.
- Next day everybody had trouble looking Rick in the eye.
- Nice firm handshake, look her in the eye.
- A nurse took her arm and led her to a chair, commanding her to lower her head.
- Gao Yang lowered his head, sending drops of cooled sweat sliding Jown the tree to the ground.
- He lowered his head on to the table; the marble felt fresh in contact with his flushed skin.
- It made a small noise in its nostrils, then lowered its head slightly, as if bowing to her.
- Kathleen Lavender lowered her head, in tears of distress.
- The horse must be taught to lower his head and find balance on his hocks.
- When Ray finished, he passed the microphone and lowered his head.
- When we meet, she lowers her head and scoots by, but I can see the tears in her eyes.
- "I didn't know he wrote poetry." "Yes -- he also does painting. There's more to him than meets the eye."
- It looks like a simple case of burglary, but there may be more to it than meets the eye.
- People think of Bradford as a dull industrial city, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
- Their eyes met across the crowded room.
- As the woman searched for a seat, their eyes met and held.
- As their eyes met, Quinn suddenly felt that Stillman had become invisible.
- But when our eyes meet, the invisible daggers fly.
- In between times he looked out the window or stared at me, smiling when our eyes met.
- The family could hear her swift heavy steps, up there, and did not let their eyes meet.
- Then their eyes met and it was not about money.
- When their eyes meet she envisions the fulfillment of her dream of marrying a man with aristocratic connections not from Middlemarch.
- It was hard to meet his eyes for long, and she looked away.
- Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.
- On occasion, she would meet Ted's eyes, and he would wink, and nod his head encouragingly.
- She met Charles's eyes and looked away in case he could read her renewed longing for Keele.
- She met his eyes without flinching, a mutinous sparkle enlivening the depths of her own grey gaze.
- They meet the eyes of others.
- This is an interesting question and there is probably more to it than meets the eye.
- Firm fingers turned her head round, and helplessly she met his eyes.
- He dared not meet her eye.
- I prompted gently, meeting his eyes.
- Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.
- She met his eyes, and there was a fire burning there.
- The sight that met his eyes sent a spasm of horror through him.
- I can't remember her name, but I can clearly see her in my mind's eye.
- At the same time, they became the first men to see the reverse side of the Moon with the naked eye.
- He examined the pieces with the naked eye, then with his glass, while behind him Isobel held her breath.
- Technical problems To the naked eye the brain has a disturbingly homogeneous appearance.
- The magnification is usually at least thirty times greater than what is normally seen with the naked eye.
- There are even several, in addition to the Pleiades, which can be seen with the naked eye.
- To the naked eye, the bolts looked just like the others that protruded from other footings around the site.
- Today, poverty is still obvious to the naked eye.
- What looked like individual lights to the naked eye actually split into two under the resolving power of the telescope.
- All of you - walk around Pentonville and keep your ears open.
- By then keeping her eyes open was less of an effort.
- Go back to bed only when you can no longer keep your eyes Open.
- Remembering his duty, he strode briskly up the stairs, keeping his eyes open for any suspicious signs.
- Swing the boat south, keep her eyes open.
- The basic rules of self-defence are quite simple: keep your eyes open and you can usually avoid trouble.
- The daily firings produced by the withering economy offered loopholes of opportunity for a young man who kept his eyes open.
- You know how to keep your eyes open and your mouth shut.
- His speech really opened my eyes to the way big corporations operate.
- He opened his eyes to make the words stop.
- His voice sounded oddly strangled, and she opened her eyes to find his face unexpectedly close to hers.
- I opened my eyes into a black web.
- I gave a little meow to get his attention and he opened his eyes.
- Jim opened his eyes and looked at Karen.
- Soon he could not move or speak, or open his eyes.
- When he opened his eyes again he was staring at a pinkish whirlpool running into the drain.
- When I opened my eyes, I looked out to the stake and saw his ball fall right near it again.
- Although most people would have stared at his nose Adam was more struck by his penetrating eyes.
- He was from Fukien province, was missionary-trained, and had bright, penetrating eyes.
- Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.
- Nomatterwhat she did to distract herself, his dark penetrating eyes lingered in her memory as though they'd been branded there.
- Take a long hard, and penetrating look into the way you handle your life and the pattern of your partnerships in general.
- The woman scrutinized me from across the office, holding her penetrating gaze as I walked toward her.
- They were the blackest, brightest, most penetrating eyes I ever saw...
- The bear suddenly stopped eating and glared at the knight, its small, piggy eyes red with hatred.
- Three pairs of little piggy eyes darted nervously round the garden.
- She is finally able to relax with friends, away from prying eyes.
- Until the key is used, the contents of the message are locked away from prying eyes.
- Fit in periods away from people, giving yourself the opportunity to renew your energy and rest your eyes.
- He rested his eyes on her, very conscious of the smooth skin and her flowery perfume.
- I took off my shoes and rested my feet on her thighs as she massaged them.
- In fact I was having trouble finding a place to rest my eyes.
- Should children with defective vision be resting their eyes?
- Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front.
- The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we weren't there.
- It's high time the scales fell from our eyes, and our bathrooms.
- Blake screwed up his eyes, trying to peer through the fog.
- He screwed up his eyes against the light and Jurnet saw the gipsy in him.
- He screwed up his eyes and put his hands over his ears.
- He screwed up his face as the hot water from the kitchen tap scalded his hand.
- He screwed up his face at the appalling stench but made no move to draw back.
- She screwed up her face and whispered: you're so revoltingly fat you disgusting baboon.
- They scrunch up their faces, peering into the haze.
- We have come to see it through the eyes of the people who take part in it.
- Lifland and his wife don't always see eye to eye.
- And if he didn't do that she couldn't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye.
- Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate; but they did not see eye to eye.
- But then those two don't see eye to eye about anything these days.
- I don't see eye to eye with Tod on all issues.
- My wife and I could never see eye to eye on the business of living.
- Relationships were just too difficult, the sexes would never see eye to eye, it was all too much bother.
- We'd never see eye to eye - remember how affronted I was by Gerald Scaife's stuff?
- Duhamel's face was white; the shadows under his eyes seemed to deepen.
- Even with the blinds down, she could see the dark shadows under her eyes.
- He noted the shadows under her eyes.
- How fresh she looked every morning, despite the slight shadows under her eyes which denoted not much sleep.
- Mr Stead was middle-aged and paunchy, with deep shadows under his eyes and square rimless glasses.
- On Monday morning Sam came to class events with dark shadows under his eyes, looking ten years older over a weekend.
- One day she came to history class with dark shadows under her eyes.
- She still looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes.
- Security guards kept a sharp eye on Mattson as he walked through the store.
- As a teen-ager, I kept a sharp eye on who was winning the prizes I wanted: Honor Roll.
- I keep a sharp eye on him.
- We must not shut our ears to the voices of suffering people.
- Claudia sank down on to her bed and tried to shut her ears to the sound of him in the next room.
- Rincewind tried to shut his ears to the grating voice beside him.
- She shut her eyes against it all; shut her eyes to open them again on to the harmless horizon.
- She shut her eyes to shut everything out.
- She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.
- Sometimes she even managed to shut her ears to the arguments going on around her.
- They could not shut their eyes to the ugly and degrading side of wine-drinking and see only the delightful side.
- A visit to the Westonbirt Arboretum with its 13,000 trees and shrubs is always a sight for sore eyes.
- That'd be a sight for sore eyes with that one.
- Joy went crimson and tears sprang into her eyes.
- With that avowal, tears sprang to her eyes, leaving Farini nonplussed.
- He squeezed his eyes shut and swore silently to give himself courage.
- Isabel squeezed her eyes shut for a second.
- Just in case, he also crossed his legs and squeezed his eyes shut.
- She squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her fists tight.
- She squeezed her eyes shut tightly, feeling the sting of tears behind her eyelids.
- Shiona gripped the steering-wheel and squeezed her eyes shut and slowly counted up to ten.
- The boy squeezed his eyes shut and stopped moving.
- With a groan she squeezed her eyes shut.
- Black sunken eyes like dried figs.
- Fitzosbert's sunken cheeks were liberally rouged and this made his bulbous grey eyes seem even more fish-like.
- No bulging rib cages, no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
- The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes.
- The grey skin; the red-rimmed eyes; the sunken cheeks.
- Jake walked into the room with a twinkle in his eye.
- And Beth walked between them, a smile in her heart, and a twinkle in her eyes.
- But she saw a twinkle in his eyes, and her lips twitched.
- She had a pleasant disposition and always had a twinkle in her eyes.
- The ghost of a twinkle in her eye?
- There was a twinkle in his eye as he said dryly that the procedures needed to be looked into.
- But in the supernatural universe the Great Battle was won in the twinkling of an eye.
- But stop pushing me, stop expecting me to change in the twinkling of an eye.
- But he knew what he was looking at, though to the untrained eye it was just a pile of minuscule fragments.
- Although its voluntary recruits diminished, the order had managed to limp on for nearly two centuries under Ixmarity's watchful eye.
- Amelia learned stunting under his watchful eye, to become competent in the air no matter what the conditions.
- No such extravagance here, as under the watchful eye of Asquith, he launched into some of his best known songs.
- She felt absolutely helpless and extremely vulnerable standing completely unclothed under his watchful eyes.
- The second best is under the watchful eye or with the help of a relative.
- Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
- Today, the Reichardt duck farm is run under the watchful eye of Jim Reichardt, great grandson of the original founder.
- Voice over Back at the Young Telegraph, their final copy is put together under the watchful eye of a full-time reporter.
- An icy wind blew into my face, making my eyes water.
- Jo's eyes were watering from the smoke that filled the room.
- Both, for different reasons, kept weather eyes on the cloning work.
- They dabble in composites, and keep a weather eye on the developments made by the small specialists.
- This lets you keep a weather eye on your finances.
- Don't try and pull the wool over my eyes - I can tell you've been smoking.
- The politicians are just trying to pull the wool over voters' eyes again.
- But it's not easy to pull the wool over our eyes.
- He found out we had been pulling the wool over his eyes for quite some time.
- The only conclusion a consumer can reach is that Microsoft managed to pull the wool over the eyes of millions of users.
- There are people who can pull the wool over peoples' eyes.
- You can't pull the wool over my eyes like that.
- You can not pull the wool over Hooper's eyes.
The man behind the desk eyed us suspiciously. A crowd of local children gathered around, eying us in silence.eye somebody ↔ up phrasal verb informal to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive: There was a group of lads at the bar, eyeing up every girl who walked in.