(one's eye)
21apple of one's eye — something or someone very precious or dear: His new baby girl was the apple of his eye. [orig. in reference to the pupil of one s eye (in OE simply aeppel; cf. OHG apful with similar sense); later misunderstood] * * * …
22give one's eye teeth for (or to be) — do anything in order to have or be. → eye tooth …
23give one's eye teeth for — ► give one s eye teeth for (or to be or to do) do anything in order to have or to be or do. Main Entry: ↑eye tooth …
24give one's eye teeth to be — ► give one s eye teeth for (or to be or to do) do anything in order to have or to be or do. Main Entry: ↑eye tooth …
25give one's eye teeth to do — ► give one s eye teeth for (or to be or to do) do anything in order to have or to be or do. Main Entry: ↑eye tooth …
26keep one's eye — ● eye …
27keep one's eye in — To become or remain proficient ● eye …
28To catch one's eye — Catch Catch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caught}or {Catched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catching}. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of… …
29apple of one's eye — idi apple of one s eye, someone or something very precious or dear to one; a favorite …
30a beam in one's eye — ► a beam in one s eye a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is criticizing. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 7.] Main Entry: ↑beam …