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camel through the eye of a needle

idiom

Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.


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  1. 01

    an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

    compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.

  2. 02

    apple of someone's eye

    The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.

  3. 03

    blink of an eye

    A moment (a very short period of time).

  4. 04

    catch someone's eye

    To capture someone's attention.

  5. 05

    catch the eye

    To attract the attention

  6. 06

    close one eye

    to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).

  7. 07

    dry eye

    An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.

  8. 08

    eagle eye

    Good eyesight.

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