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eagle eye

idiom
Meaning

Good eyesight.


Examples
SIMPLE

She has an eagle eye for finding lost keys.

CONTEXTUAL

The editor has an eagle eye and catches every small spelling mistake in our reports.

COMPLEX

With an eagle eye for detail, the investigator noticed the tiny inconsistency that eventually solved the entire mystery.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  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

    camel through the eye of a needle

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

  5. 05

    catch someone's eye

    To capture someone's attention.

  6. 06

    catch the eye

    To attract the attention

  7. 07

    close one eye

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

  8. 08

    dry eye

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

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