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What is the origin of Keep an eye out?
It is just an idiom and has no history.
What is the origin of the idiom keep an eye on you?
spying or looking someone all the time
EXAMPLE OF idiom keep an eye out for?
The idiom "keep an eye out for" refers to watching for something or someone. An example of a sentence using the idiom would be: Jeff should be arriving soon, so keep an eye out for him.
What do you understand by the idiom keep on eye on?
Keep watch on.
What is the origin of the idiom eagle eye?
it is an old military term for good sight
What does the idiom 'Keep your eye on' mean?
The image is of you pointing an eye at something or someone. It means to watch carefully.
What is the meaning of an idiomatic expression to keep an eye?
An excellent expression. To keep an eye, or to keep an eye on things means to maintain a watchful eye. You monitor what is happening with an appropriate zeal to the occasion. Another idiom would be, to keep an eye peeled. It means you are watching and protecting something, or someone.
What is the origin of the apple of your eye idiom?
The earliest recorded use in Modern English is in Sir Walter Scott's Old Mortality, 1816: "Poor Richard was to me as an eldest son, the apple of my eye."
What is the origin of the idiom out on a limb?
To be exposed
What is the origin of the idiom 'eat at'?
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What is the origin for the idiom dancing up a storm?
Origin "up a storm"
Is it correct to use passive form with this idiom she was turned a blind eye again no one was there for her?
No, the idiom is "turned a blind eye" as in "she turned a blind eye to his suffering." You don't change an idiom around or you lose the meaning.
