(one's eye)
81have one's eye on — have a wish for something, have as an aim, look or think about something I want to buy a nice present for my girlfriend so I have my eye on a nice dress that I saw at the department store last week …
82keep one's eye on the ball — be watchful and ready You should keep your eye on the ball or you will make a mistake …
83have one's eye on — aim to acquire. → eye …
84put one's eye in a sling — Lit. Administer a black eye. [Met.] Rebuke. Rebuff. Thwart. Defeat …
85glance one's eye — archaic look briefly glancing his severe eye around the group …
86wipe one's eye — phrasal 1. : to get in ahead of one; especially : to shoot game another has aimed at 2. : to take the conceit out of one …
87a beam in one's eye — a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is finding fault with. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 7:3.] → beam …
88a beam in one's eye — a fault that is greater in oneself than in the person one is finding fault with Origin: with biblical allusion to Matt. 7:3 …
89eye — n. organ of sight 1) to blink; close, shut; open; roll; squint one s eyes 2) to drop, lower; lift, raise one s eyes 3) to rest; strain one s eyes 4) to lay, set one s eyes on smt. ( to see smt. ) 5) to keep one s eyes open, peeled (esp. AE),… …
90eye — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light detecting organ in some invertebrates. 2 the eye characterized by the colour of the iris (has blue eyes). 3 the region round the eye (eyes red from weeping). 4 a glass or… …