Keep an eye open for my keys while you clean.
keep an eye open
idiomTo remain vigilant for someone or something.
Please keep an eye open for any emails from the boss while I am away.
The detective told his team to keep an eye open for any suspicious activity near the warehouse throughout the night.
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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.