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Apple of one’s eye: someone or something that is very important to someone; or they like very much.
Sentence: i know i shouldn’t pick favorites but of all my grandchildren, my first granddaughter is the apple of my eye.
A bird’s-eye view: a view from above something
Sentence: from the top of the tower you can see a bird’s-eye view of the whole city.
Catch someone’s eye: to attract or capture someone’s attention.
Sentence: i was walking along when something shiny caught my eye. Someone had dropped their diamond wedding ring!
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Cry one’s eyes out: to cry very hard; or cry for a long time.
Sentence: her dog died last week and she’s been crying her eyes out every single day since then.
In the public eye: to be visible and known by many people in a community.
Sentence: thanks to social media, many regular people we’d never know are now in the public eye.
Keep one’s eye on the ball: to concentrate fully on doing something.
Sentence: if you’re serious about losing weight you have to keep your eye on the ball and carefully count calories as well as exercise several times each week.
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More (to someone/something) than meets the eye: there is some additional information than what is currently known.
Sentence: i don’t know exactly what happened but there is more than meets the eye with our manager’s departure from the company.
Not bat an eye / eyelid: to not react to something.
Sentence: how can you just sit there calmly and not bat an eye when your boss yells like that?
See eye to eye: to agree with someone about something.
Sentence: luckily, our team sees eye to eye on this project so it’s been a pleasure to work on it.
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Turn a blind eye (to something): to ignore something.
Sentence: i knew my friend was lying to me but i turned a blind eye because i didn’t want him to leave me.
Up to one’s eyeballs in something: to be very busy or involved with something or to have a lot of something.
Sentence: i’m up to my eyeballs in dirty laundry and have been wearing the same pair of socks the last three days!
Raise (some / a few) eyebrows: to cause people to notice and disapprove of someone or something.
Sentence: wearing jeans to my church would certainly raise some eyebrows.
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