释义 |
keep your eyes peeled/skinned keep your eyes peeled/skinnedBe particularly watchful; remain alert. This American expression dates from the mid-nineteenth century and presumably likens peeled or skinned to being wide open. An early reference in print occurs in J. S. Robb’s Squatter Life (1847): “Keep your eye skinned for Injuns.”See also: eye, keep, peel, skinned |