have an eye for

Idioms  

1. Be discriminating or perceptive about something, as in She has an eye for decorating . [c. 1700]

2. have eyes for . Also, have eyes only for . Be attracted to or desire someone or something (exclusively). For example, It's obvious she has eyes for him , or He has eyes only for the top award . [Early 1800s]

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Example Sentences

"We tend to feel Vikings are violent barbarians and not likely to imitate beautiful, civilised European coins, despite knowing they can make beautiful things, they have an eye for beautiful objects as they pillage them, and they are highly experienced in precious metals," she said.

From BBC

The Philippous have an eye for wonderful, miserable detail, like a coroner’s stretcher that gets stuck on a doorway as it goes rattling out of the house.

From Los Angeles Times

You have an eye for these kinds of projects, though, you were in “She Said.”

From Salon

Still, Snead and his scouting staff have an eye for players with histories of not fearing change.

From Los Angeles Times

“But Lego has increasingly become instruction-based, and you can make some incredible things. What I enjoy doing and seem, for some reason, to have an eye for, is recreating in Lego what people see in the street.”

From BBC