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in the eye



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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with in the eye , also see in one's mind's eye ; in the public eye ; look one in the face (eye) .

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Example Sentences

His thumb-in-the-eye line was: “This is what they do in China on party matters if you talk off script.”

Palin, who often seems more interested in picking fights than pursuing policy, nonetheless excels at finger-in-the-eye politics.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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