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 seasonal Sweet Corn Miso Latte caught my eye, and boy, did it deliver!

From Salon

“I don’t take my eye off of it,” County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who oversees Altadena, said of permitting.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I met her during those years of struggle, and then, well, she caught my eye."

From BBC

Out the corner of my eye, I noticed this teddy bear chair in one of the waiting rooms we were passing by.

From Los Angeles Times

In the coming months, I’m keeping my eye on whether the rest of the labor market data start to look similarly bleak.

From MarketWatch