Idiom
keep a weather eye open
Meaning
to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Keep a weather eye open for any changes in the schedule.”
“While you work on the report, keep a weather eye open for any emails from the manager.”
“The experienced captain instructed the crew to keep a weather eye open for shifting winds while he navigated the narrow channel.”
Examples
simple
“Keep a weather eye open for any changes in the schedule.”
contextual
“While you work on the report, keep a weather eye open for any emails from the manager.”
complex
“The experienced captain instructed the crew to keep a weather eye open for shifting winds while he navigated the narrow channel.”
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