my eye

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.

Example Sentences

We also missed the Azores in Portugal, another stop that caught my eye when booking.

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I reason that it’s probably from the lack of sleep, or a speck of dirt that blew into my eye.

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Out of the corner of my eye, I see something small and quick darting through the crowd.

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She then licks her thumb and brushes it against the underside of my eye, wiping away any lingering sleep crust.

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“Say,” the monster said, “if I didn’t know better, I’d swear you were those three horrible Russian children I once met in Brighton! But that’s not possible, is it? I must be dreaming. Or maybe I got some cinders in my eye while I was up there in the chimney—hold on a minute. . . .”

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