with one eye on

with one eye on (something)

While giving something one's intermittent or partial attention. I hurried to finish the report with one eye on the clock. She shoveled fuel into the boiler with one eye on the pressure gauge.See also: eye, on, one

with one eye on

giving some but not all your attention to. 1977 Craig Thomas Firefox With one eye on the JPT (jet-pipe temperature) gauge he opened the throttles until the rpm gauges were at fifty-five percent and the whine had increased comfortably. See also: eye, on, one