A house divided against itself cannot stand. Don't let the fox guard the henhouse. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. Put your house in order. Other common phrases include "a house of cards", "bring down the house", "clean house", "eat someone out of house and home", "the big house", "a plague on your house" and "a house is not a home".
English has many idiomatic expressions, which are phrases that don't mean exactly what they say. Some phrases using fruits include "going bananas" and "the apple of my eye."
out of the corner of my eye just around the corner cutting corners have a corner on the market down on the corner at the corner tap/bar/store/gas station on the corner at the corner remote corner of the world backed into a corner in a corner of my mind painted himself into a corner
eye for an eye tooth for a tooth...
The bull's-eye is the center of the target.
Yes, the noun 'eye' is a common noun, a general word for the organ used for seeing; a general word for the faculty of seeing (vision); a general word for the calm area at the center of a storm; a general word for the hole in a needle where thread passes through; a word for any eye of any kind.The word 'eye' is also a verb: eye, eyes, eyeing, eyed.
"Drop the ball" - meaning to make a mistake or miss an opportunity. "Keep your eye on the ball" - meaning to stay focused or pay attention to what's important. "Have a ball" - meaning to have a great time or enjoy oneself. "Ball is in your court" - meaning it's your turn to take action or make a decision.
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Yes, the word 'eyes' is a noun, the plural form of the noun 'eye', a word for a thing.
Sure thing! When pigs fly, water under the bridge, and turning a blind eye are phrases you might hear.
The hummingbird can flit about faster that the human eye can see.
The demonic cat almost scratched my eye out.