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eyes upoglesRate it:

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hard on the eyesuglyRate it:

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have eyes bigger than one's bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedyRate it:

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have eyes forTo be romantically interested in [someone].Rate it:

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have eyes in the back of one's headTo be particularly, especially uncannily, observant; a perceived ability to see in all directions at once.Rate it:

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keep one's eyes peeledTo watch closely; to look for.Rate it:

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lay eyes onTo see; look at; glimpseRate it:

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my eyes are up hereSaid to persuade the interlocutor to stop looking lustfully at the speaker's body.Rate it:

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open someone's eyesTo become or be made aware of something that was not known or fully understood before.Rate it:

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pull the wool over someone's eyesTo deceive (someone).Rate it:

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put wool over one's eyesdeceive someoneRate it:

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scanning eyesVery observantRate it:

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set eyes onTo see; to observe.Rate it:

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she was batting her eyes like a frog in a hailstorm.A phrase used to describe a woman flirting with a man in a most obvious way to the point that it’s comical.Rate it:

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sight for sore eyesA pleasing sight, something that is beautiful to look at.Rate it:

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under one's very eyesin plain sight; while someone is watchingRate it:

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you have beautiful eyesUsed by the speaker to compliment the interlocutor's eyes.Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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acid testTo test for the truth.Rate it:

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avoir les yeux battusTo look tired about the eyes.Rate it:

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get it straight, Understand It Correctly, Get The Truth In The MatterRate it:

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get the goods onTo acquire knowledge or develop evidence that reveals the truth about someone's character or behavior, especially criminal behavior.Rate it:

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i've seen a better looking head on a grub wormSomeone that drank all night before going to work with hair uncombed an bloodshot eyesRate it:

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if I'm lying, I'm dyingA promise that one is telling the truth.Rate it:

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in all honestyhonestly; in truthRate it:

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put lipstick on a pigMaking superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to hide the ugly truth of something.Rate it:

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put one's money where one's mouth isMore generally, to take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.Rate it:

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darn tootinAbsolutely correct; speaking the truth.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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elle fait la carpe pâmée (fam.)She turns up the whites of her eyes; She pretends to be ill; She looks like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.Rate it:

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I can tell youEmphasises the truth of a statement.Rate it:

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pierce the veilTo see through an illusion or find a hidden meaning, to see the truth within a lie.Rate it:

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call a spade a spadeTo speak the truth; to say things as they really are.Rate it:

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deer in the headlightsA mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surpriseand/or confusion, or substance abuse. The behavioral signs are like a deer subjected to a car's headlights, such as widely opened eyes and a lack of motor reactions.Rate it:

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am i right or am i rightRhetorical question from somebody who has stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.Rate it:

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familiarity breeds contemptThe more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it is to dislike that person.1894, H. Rider Haggard, The People Of The Mist, ch. 25:This was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet de chambre, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.Rate it:

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pour outTo talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.Rate it:

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la lumière me tire les yeuxThe light hurts my eyes.Rate it:

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squint like a bag of nailsTo squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.Rate it:

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a lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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be on toTo figure out; to realize the truth.Rate it:

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cross my heartA declaration that the speaker is telling the truth.Rate it:

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tell it like it isTo speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation.Rate it:

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In the LimelightAll eyes on someone, all focus and attention on particular person or thingRate it:

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lever les yeux au cielto roll one's eyesRate it:

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suspicere(in) caelumto raise the eyes to heaven; to look up to the sky.Rate it:

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twinkle in one's father's eyeA notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.Rate it:

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a bem da verdade"to tell the truth", "for the sake of accuracy"Rate it:

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a veritate deflectere, desciscereto swerve from the truth.Rate it:

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