have+an+eye+on

  • 121eye teeth — noun would give your eye teeth for/to do something SPOKEN used for saying that you wish you could have/do something very much: I d give my eye teeth for a house like that …

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  • 122eye patch — eye patches N COUNT An eye patch is a piece of material which you wear over your eye when you have damaged or injured it …

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  • 123eye strain — UK US noun [uncountable] a pain in your eyes, for example because you have been reading a lot Thesaurus: specific types of painhyponym * * * n. fatigue of the eyes, such as that caused by reading or looking at a computer screen for too long * * * …

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  • 124have your beady eye on someone — have/keep/your beady eye on someone british phrase to watch someone very closely and carefully Thesaurus: to watch someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: beady …

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  • 125have been in the wars — (figurative) To show signs of injury • • • Main Entry: ↑war * * * have been in the ˈwars idiom (informal) to have been injured in a fight or an accident • You look like you ve been in the wars who gave you that black eye? …

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  • 126have stars in your eyes — (have) stars in your eyes see ↑star, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑eye (have) stars in your eyes ◇ If you have stars in your eyes you are very hopeful and excited about something and think that it will be much better or more enjoyable than it actually is …

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  • 127eye strain — n [U] a pain you feel in your eyes, for example because you are tired or have been reading a lot …

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  • 128eye bank — eye′ bank n. a place for the storage of corneas that have been removed from the eyes of people recently deceased, used for transplanting to the eyes of persons having corneal defects • Etymology: 1940–45, amer …

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