Please keep an eye on the soup while I step out.
keep an eye on
idiomTo watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.
The teacher asked a parent to keep an eye on the children during the school trip.
The detective instructed his partner to keep an eye on the suspect's apartment, noting every visitor who approached the door.
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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.
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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.
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blink of an eye
A moment (a very short period of time).
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camel through the eye of a needle
Hyperbole to illustrate something that is impossible to do or to make happen.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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catch the eye
To attract the attention
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close one eye
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
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cobbler, keep to your last
One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
Last updated April 17, 2026