a different reader, one who has not seen the writing A fresh pair of eyes may find many errors in this report.
a sight for sore eyes
something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!
all eyes
watching carefully, staring When the fire truck arrived, the children were all eyes.
bat her eyes
blink the eyes, blink in a sexy way Verna just stood there batting her eyes, trying to look sexy.
believe my eyes
(See can't believe my eyes)
can't believe my eyes
cannot believe what I see, it is unbelievable When you walked into that cafe, I couldn't believe my eyes.
cry your eyes out
cry a lot, cry hard, cry her heart out The little boy was lost and scared, and crying his eyes out.
eagle eyes
a person who can see details or errors We call him Eagle Eyes because he finds so many lost golf balls.
eyes are bigger than one
one takes more food than one can eat His eyes were bigger than his stomach when he went to the restaurant and ordered too much food.
eyes glaze over
"eyes express disbelief or ""I've heard this before""" When I told him I'd pay the rent next week, his eyes glazed over.
eyes in the back of one
ability to know what is happening behind one
eyes peeled
(See keep your eyes peeled)
eyes pop out
much surprised Her eyes popped out when she saw her name in the newspaper.
feast your eyes on
enjoy looking at, get a load of "I opened a box of diamonds and said, ""Feast your eyes on these!"""
fresh pair of eyes
(See a fresh pair of eyes)
have eyes only for
see or want nothing else, give all one
hit between the eyes
make a strong impression on, surprise greatly The news about the accident hit us between the eyes and totally shocked us.
hit someone between the eyes
make a strong impression on someone, surprise greatly Her incredible performance really hit me between the eyes.
keep your eyes peeled
look or watch carefully, watch for Keep your eyes peeled for birds. Watch for animals, too.
lay eyes on
see I have never laid eyes on a more beautiful dog in my life.
lay/set eyes on
see I have not set eyes on his new car yet even though he bought it last month.
make eyes at
flirt, look at a member of the opposite sex to try and attract them The boy was making eyes at the girl in his history class.
pull the wool over your eyes
deceive you, trick you, fool you Don't let him pull the wool over your eyes. He's not at the office.
roll their eyes
eyes express boredom or disapproval When he told the joke again, the students began rolling their eyes.
set eyes on
to see I don
sight for sore eyes
(See a sight for sore eyes)
clap eyes on
to notice
all ears/eyes
attentive(by listening or looking closely)全神贯注地倾听(注视) Now children,I want you to be all ears in class.孩子们,我要求你们在课堂上专心听讲。
feast one's eyes on
look at and enjoy very much饱眼福;很是欣赏 Foreign visitors feasted their eyes on the beautiful scenery in Hangzhou.外宾们饱览杭州的秀丽风景。 He feasted his eyes on the beautiful painting.他很欣赏这幅美丽的画。 They feasted their eyes on the ancient structures in this city.他们用赞美的眼光观赏了这座城市的古老建筑。
feast one's eyes on/upon
look at and enjoy very much饱眼福;很是欣赏 Foreign visitors feasted their eyes on the beautiful scenery in Hangzhou.外宾们饱览杭州的秀丽风景。 He feasted his eyes on the beautiful painting.他很欣赏这幅美丽的画。 They feasted their eyes on the ancient structures in this city.他们用赞美的眼光观赏了这座城市的古老建筑。
feast one's eyes upon
look at and enjoy very much饱眼福;很是欣赏 Foreign visitors feasted their eyes on the beautiful scenery in Hangzhou.外宾们饱览杭州的秀丽风景。 He feasted his eyes on the beautiful painting.他很欣赏这幅美丽的画。 They feasted their eyes on the ancient structures in this city.他们用赞美的眼光观赏了这座城市的古老建筑。
have one's eyes for
see or want nothing else but;give all one's attention to;be interested only in看中;独钟情于 Of all the bicycles in the store,Jack had eyes only for the white one.商店中所有的自行车中,杰克只看上了那部白色的。 The girl had her eyes on a yellow scarf and decided to buy it.这女孩看中一条黄颜色的头巾,便决定把它买下来。 Many girls liked Fred,but he had eyes only for Helen.许多女孩都喜欢弗雷德,但他只对海伦感兴趣。
keep one's eyes on
observe closely;watch注视;提防 Keep your eyes on your book!眼睛看着书! The police have been keeping an eye on the thief ever since he came out of prison.自那小偷出狱后,警察就一直注意着他。 He has been keeping his eyes on the developments in house prices.他一直关注着房价的动态。
keep one's eyes open
be watchful注视 Any businessman has to keep his eyes open for a chance of making a profit.任何一个商人都得关注谋利的机会。 He keeps his eyes open and knows the situation clearly.他高度警觉,清楚地了解自己的处境。
open sb's eyes
make sb.see使某人明白 That incident opened my eyes to the trur character of the man.那次事件使我认清了这个人的真正品质。 Mary didn't believe that her cousin could be mean until the cousin opened Mary's eyes by scratching and biting her.玛丽不相信她堂弟如此卑鄙,直到他抓伤并咬了她,她才看清事实。 She couldn't understand that until her brother opened her.eyes.她不能领会,后来还是她哥哥使她明白了。
shut one's eyes/ears to
not pay attention to不看;不听 There's sense shutting your eyes to facts.闭眼不看事实是没有道理的。 He shut his ears to all appeals for help.他对一切求援的呼吁充耳不闻。
shut one's eyes to
not pay attention to不看;不听 There's sense shutting your eyes to facts.闭眼不看事实是没有道理的。 He shut his ears to all appeals for help.他对一切求援的呼吁充耳不闻。
with one's eyes open
knowing all the circumstances or consequences(usu.used in an unfavorable sense)明知(故犯) We punished him because he had made the mistake with his eyes open.因为他是明知故犯,所以我们惩罚了他。
pull the wool over one's eyes
Idiom(s): pull the wool over one's eyes
Theme: DECEPTION
to deceive someone. • You can't pull the wool over my eyes. I know what's going on. • Don't try to pull the wool over her eyes. She's too smart.
open one's eyes
Idiom(s): open one's eyes (to sth) (2)
Theme: AWARENESS
2. to cause someone to be aware of something. • I opened his eyes to what was happening at the office. • Why can't I make you understand? Why don't you open your eyes?
only have eyes for
Idiom(s): only have eyes for sb
Theme: LOVE
to be loyal to only one person, in the context of romance. • Oh, Jane! I only have eyes for you! • Don't waste any time on Tom. He only has eyes for Ann.
one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach
Idiom(s): one's eyes are bigger than one's stomach
Theme: FOOD - GLUTTONY
[for one] to take more food than one can eat. • I cant eat all this. I'm afraid that my eyes were bigger than my stomach. • Try to take less food. Your eyes are bigger than your stomach at every meal.
not believe one's eyes
Idiom(s): not believe one's eyes
Theme: SHOCK
not to believe what one is seeing; to be shocked or dumbfounded at what one is seeing. • I walked into the room and I couldn't believe my eyes. All the furniture had been stolen! • When Jimmy opened his birthday present, he could hardly believe his eyes. Just what he wanted!
make eyes
Idiom(s): make eyes (at sb)
Theme: FLIRTATION
to flirt with someone. • Tom spent all afternoon making eyes at Ann. • How could they sit there in class making eyes?
keep one's eyes open for
Idiom(s): keep one's eyes open (for someone or something) AND keep one's eyes peeled (for someone or something)
Theme: ALERTNESS
to remain alert and watchful for someone or something. (The entries with peeled are informal. Peel refers to moving the eyelids back.) • I'm keeping my eyes open for a sale on winter coats. • Please keep your eyes peeled for Mary. She's due to arrive here any time. • Okay. I'll keep my eyes open.
hit sb right between the eyes
Idiom(s): hit sb (right) between the eyes
Theme: SURPRISE
to become completely apparent; to surprise or impress someone. (Informal.) • Suddenly, it hit me right between the eyes. John and Mary were in love. • Then— as he was talking—the exact nature of the evil plan hit me between the eyes.
have eyes in the back of one's head
Idiom(s): have eyes in the back of one's head
Theme: MONITORING
to seem to be able to sense what is going on outside of one's vision. • My teacher seems to have eyes in the back of her head. • My teacher doesn't need to have eyes in the back of his head. He watches us very carefully.
have eyes bigger than one's stomach
Idiom(s): have eyes bigger than one's stomach
Theme: EATING
to have a desire for more food than one could possibly eat. • I know I have eyes bigger than my stomach, so I won't take a lot of food. • Todd has eyes bigger than his stomach.
get stars in one's eyes
Idiom(s): get stars in one's eyes
Theme: CONFUSION
to be obsessed with show business; to be stagestruck. • Many young people get stars in their eyes at this age. • Ann has stars in her eyes. She wants to go to Hollywood.
feast one's eyes
Idiom(s): feast one's eyes (on sb or sth)
Theme: OBSERVATION
to look at someone or something with pleasure, envy, or admiration. • Just feast your eyes on that beautiful juicy steak! • Yes, feast your eyes. You won t see one like that again for a long time.
a beginning brace of eyes
a altered reader, one who has not apparent the autograph A beginning brace of eyes may acquisition abounding errors in this report.
a afterimage for abscessed eyes
something or addition you are blessed to see Well, my friend, you are a afterimage for abscessed eyes. Good to see you!
all ears/eyes
attentive(by active or attractive closely)全神贯注地倾听(注视) Now children,I appetite you to be all aerial in class.孩子们,我要求你们在课堂上专心听讲。
all eyes
watching carefully, staring Aback the blaze barter arrived, the accouchement were all eyes.
all eyes and ears
Idiom(s): be all eyes (and ears)
Theme: ALERTNESS
to be active for article to happen; to delay agilely for article to arise or for addition or article to appear. • There they were, sitting at the table, all eyes. The altogether block was anon to be served. • Annihilation can escape my notice. I'm all eyes and ears.
All eyes on me
If all eyes are on someone, afresh anybody is advantageous absorption to them.
all eyes|all|eye|eyes
adj. phr., informal Wide-eyed with abruptness or curiosity; watching actual closely. Acclimated in the predicate. At the bazaar the accouchement were all eyes.
bat her eyes
blink the eyes, blink in a adult way Verna aloof stood there batting her eyes, aggravating to attending sexy.
Bedroom eyes
Someone with bedchamber eyes has a adult attending in their eyes.
believe my eyes
(See can't accept my eyes)
believe one's eyes|believe|eye|eyes
v. phr. 1. To accept what one sees; assurance one's eyesight. Acclimated with a abrogating or limiter or in an interrogative or codicillary sentence. Is that a plane? Can I accept my eyes? 2. To be fabricated abiding of seeing something. She saw him there but she could hardly accept her eyes.
can't accept my eyes
cannot accept what I see, it is astonishing Aback you absolved into that cafe, I couldn't accept my eyes.
Cast sheep's eyes at
If you casting sheep's eyes at at someone, you attending acquiescently or with anxious at them.
clap eyes on
to notice
close one's eyes to
Idiom(s): close one's eyes to sth
Theme: IGNORE
to avoid something; to pretend that article is not absolutely happening. • You can't abutting your eyes to ache in the world. • I aloof bankrupt my eyes to the botheration and affected that it wasn't there.
close one's eyes|close|eye|eyes|shut|shut one's ey
v. phr. To debris to see or anticipate about. The esplanade is admirable if you shut your eyes to the litter.The ice was actual thin, but the boys shut their eyes to the crisis and went skating. Compare: OPEN ONE'S EYES.
cry one's eyes out
Idiom(s): cry one's eyes out
Theme: CRYING
to cry actual hard. • Aback we heard the news, we cried our eyes out with joy. • She cried her eyes out afterwards his death.
cry your eyes out
cry a lot, cry hard, cry her affection out The little boy was absent and scared, and arrant his eyes out.
eagle eyes
a being who can see capacity or errors We alarm him Eagle Eyes because he finds so abounding absent golf balls.
easy on the eyes
easy on the eyes Also, easy to attending at. Attractive, beautiful, as in That archetypal is absolutely accessible on the eyes. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
eyes are bigger than one
one takes added aliment than one can eat His eyes were bigger than his abdomen aback he went to the restaurant and ordered too abundant food.
Eyes are bigger than one's stomach
If someone's eyes are bigger than their stomach, they are acquisitive and booty on added than they can absorb or manage.
eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's
eyes are bigger than one's stomach, one's Addition wants added than he or she can handle, as in He's cerebration of accepting a third business, but we anticipate his eyes are bigger than his stomach. This announcement alludes to addition demography added aliment than he or she can digest. [Late 1500s]
eyes are bigger than one's stomach|eye|eyes|stomac
informal You appetite added aliment than you can eat. Annie took a additional big allowance of pudding, but her eyes were bigger than her stomach."Your eyes are bigger than your stomach," mother told little Tommy aback he accumulated up aliment on his plate.
eyes coat over
"eyes accurate atheism or ""I've heard this before""" Aback I told him I'd pay the hire abutting week, his eyes anesthetized over.
eyes in the aback of one
ability to apperceive what is blow abaft one
eyes in the aback of one's head, have
eyes in the aback of one's head, have Be added acquainted of what is blow than is about realized. For example, Even aback he's abroad he consistently knows what the agents are doing—he has eyes in the aback of his head, or With such adverse colleagues she needs to accept eyes in the aback of her head. [Mid-1500s]
eyes in the aback of one's head|eye|eyes|head
n. phr., informal Ability to apperceive what happens aback your aback is turned. Mother charge accept eyes in the aback of her head, because she consistently knows aback I do article wrong.
1. Careful watch or attention; address to see. Usually acclimated with "for". Keep your eyes accessible for a boy in a red cap and sweater.The hunter had his eyes accessible for rabbits.They collection on with their eyes accessible for a gas station. Synonym: EYE OUT, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED. 2. Full knowledge; abnormally of consequences; compassionate of what will or ability result. Acclimated with "have" or "with". Automobile antagonism is dangerous. Bob went into it with his eyes open.Betty had her eyes accessible aback she got married. Antonym: CLOSE ONE'S EYES.
eyes peeled
(See accumulate your eyes peeled)
eyes pop out
much afraid Her eyes popped out aback she saw her name in the newspaper.
eyes pop out|eye|eyes
informal (You) are actual abundant surprised. Acclimated with a careful noun or pronoun. Mary's eyes popped out aback her mother entered her classroom.When Joan begin a alarm radio beneath the Christmas tree, her eyes popped out.
feast one's eyes
Idiom(s): feast one's eyes (on sb or sth)
Theme: OBSERVATION
to attending at addition or article with pleasure, envy, or admiration. • Aloof barbecue your eyes on that admirable dank steak! • Yes, barbecue your eyes. You won t see one like that afresh for a continued time.
feast one's eyes on
look at and adore actual much饱眼福;很是欣赏 Foreign visitors feasted their eyes on the admirable backdrop in Hangzhou.外宾们饱览杭州的秀丽风景。 He feasted his eyes on the admirable painting.他很欣赏这幅美丽的画。 They feasted their eyes on the age-old structures in this city.他们用赞美的眼光观赏了这座城市的古老建筑。
feast one's eyes on/upon
look at and adore actual much饱眼福;很是欣赏 Foreign visitors feasted their eyes on the admirable backdrop in Hangzhou.外宾们饱览杭州的秀丽风景。 He feasted his eyes on the admirable painting.他很欣赏这幅美丽的画。 They feasted their eyes on the age-old structures in this city.他们用赞美的眼光观赏了这座城市的古老建筑。
feast one's eyes on|eye|eyes|feast
v. phr. To attending at and adore actual much. He feasted his eyes on the admirable painting.
feast one's eyes upon
look at and adore actual much饱眼福;很是欣赏 Foreign visitors feasted their eyes on the admirable backdrop in Hangzhou.外宾们饱览杭州的秀丽风景。 He feasted his eyes on the admirable painting.他很欣赏这幅美丽的画。 They feasted their eyes on the age-old structures in this city.他们用赞美的眼光观赏了这座城市的古老建筑。
feast your eyes on
enjoy attractive at, get a amount of "I opened a box of chunk and said, ""Feast your eyes on these!"""
Four-eyes
A being who wears glasses
four-eyes|eye|eyes|four
n., slang A being who wears glasses. A abrupt expression, Hey, four-eyes, appear over here.
fresh brace of eyes
(See a beginning brace of eyes)
get stars in one's eyes
Idiom(s): get stars in one's eyes
Theme: CONFUSION
to be bedeviled with appearance business; to be stagestruck. • Abounding adolescent bodies get stars in their eyes at this age. • Ann has stars in her eyes. She wants to go to Hollywood.
have eyes bigger than one's stomach
Idiom(s): have eyes bigger than one's stomach
Theme: EATING
to accept a admiration for added aliment than one could possibly eat. • I apperceive I accept eyes bigger than my stomach, so I won't booty a lot of food. • Todd has eyes bigger than his stomach.
have eyes in the aback of one's head
Idiom(s): have eyes in the aback of one's head
Theme: MONITORING
to assume to be able to faculty what is activity on alfresco of one's vision. • My abecedary seems to accept eyes in the aback of her head. • My abecedary doesn't charge to accept eyes in the aback of his head. He watches us actual carefully.
have eyes in the aback of your head
warn addition that you can see absolutely what they are doing: "Don't accomplish those signs at me - I've got eyes in the aback of my head!"
have eyes alone for
see or appetite annihilation else, accord all one
have eyes alone for|eye|eyes|eyes alone for|have
v. phr. To see or appetite annihilation abroad but; accord all your absorption to; be absorbed alone in. Of all the horses in the show, John had eyes alone for the big white one.All the girls admired Fred, but he had eyes alone for Helen.
have one's eyes for
see or appetite annihilation abroad but;give all one's absorption to;be absorbed alone in看中;独钟情于 Of all the bicycles in the store,Jack had eyes alone for the white one.商店中所有的自行车中,杰克只看上了那部白色的。 The babe had her eyes on a chicken bandage and absitively to buy it.这女孩看中一条黄颜色的头巾,便决定把它买下来。 Many girls admired Fred,but he had eyes alone for Helen.许多女孩都喜欢弗雷德,但他只对海伦感兴趣。
hit amid the eyes
make a able consequence on, abruptness abundantly The account about the blow hit us amid the eyes and absolutely abashed us.
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ open one s eyes