Keep an eye peeled for the bus while I buy our tickets.
keep an eye peeled
idiomTo look out (for something) attentively.
The police told the neighbors to keep an eye peeled for any suspicious activity in the area.
As the storm clouds gathered on the horizon, the captain instructed the crew to keep an eye peeled for any signs of dangerous debris in the water.
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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.