Woman eying a very large piece of cake with desire

Your eyes are bigger than your stomach (Idioms with ‘eye’, Part 2)

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Woman eying a very large piece of cake with desire
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by Kate Woodford

This is the second of my two-part post on useful idioms and phrases that feature the word ‘eye’. Part 1 focused mainly on expressions that said something about the act of looking and seeing. Today’s post features ‘eye’ phrases on a range of themes.

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a man hands a confidential file to another man

For your eyes only! (Idioms with ‘eye’, Part 1)

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a man hands a confidential file to another man
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by Kate Woodford

My last post (on fruit idioms) featured the rather sweet expression the apple of someone’s eye. This made me think of other useful idioms and phrases that include the noun ‘eye’. It turns out there are a great many, so this post will be in two parts.

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