This is not used as much as it once was, but people will know what you mean if you use it; it's not obsolete.
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.
It is just an idiom and has no history.
The idiom "eagle eye" refers to having an acute eyesight, or an intently watchful eye. It refers to the sharp eyesight of an eagle, which are known for seeing fish from hundreds of feet up.
Nothing. I'm afraid you've gotten the idiom incorrectly. It should be "the apple of her father's eye" and it means she is his special favorite. The apple of the eye is another term for the pupil or center of the eye.
If something "catches" your eye, it has snagged your attention. You are focused on that thing for whatever reason.
Yes: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
The duration of In the Eye of the Beholder is 2700.0 seconds.
Eye of the Beholder was released on 01/28/2000.
The Production Budget for Eye of the Beholder was $15,000,000.
In the Eye of the Beholder ended on 2010-04-02.
In the Eye of the Beholder was created on 2010-03-08.
The Eye of the Beholder was created on 1960-11-11.
Eye of the Beholder - song - was created in 1988-01.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; however, the beholder often tends to take the word of others in such matters.
Eye of the Beholder grossed $18,260,865 worldwide.
Eye of the Beholder - video game - was created in 1990.
Eye of the Beholder - video game - happened in 1990.