my eye

Idioms  

1. Like hell, that's nonsense, as in You were at the library all day? My eye, you were! This slangy expression of disbelief was first recorded in 1842. From about 1800 to the 1930s the same term was used to indicate surprise (My eye, she's been promoted after all.) but this usage seems to be obsolete.

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Example Sentences

The white curved walls offset with those two Miami Beach electric-blue mosaic columns, a single rose and an ADT home security sign took my eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

But something else in the chatter caught my eye, too.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

That, for Gattuso, "brought a tear to my eye".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

"As we're walking up these turbidites, I'm looking around and this beautifully rippled bedding plane caught my eye," says Martindale.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

What caught my eye was a bookcase set dead in the middle of the room.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney