in the eye

1. 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).

Example Sentences

"When prices are too high, I don't think we can look bill payers in the eye, charge them that money, and know that costs could be lower if we were more efficient," he said.

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Former NBA player Patrick Beverley was arrested after being accused by his teenage sister of grabbing her by the neck with a tight grip and punching her in the eye during an incident early Friday morning at their mother’s home in Fort Bend County, Texas.

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He jumped to his feet and clicked his heels together, then pretended to punch himself in the eye.

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She pushed it back and looked the admiral in the eye.

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“How you managed to navigate through the woods in the middle of a moonless night is a mystery to me; I know Mr. Harley-Dickinson will be very impressed when I write him a letter all about it. So this is the cave, then? How does one go in? Is there— whoops, sorry! I hope I did not poke you in the eye, Beowulf—a door of some kind?”

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