see with half an eye

Idioms  

1. Notice the obvious, tell at a glance, as in I could see with half an eye that he was sleeping through the entire concert. This hyperbolic expression, which presumably alludes to an eye that is only half-open, was first recorded in 1579.

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see with half an eye

Any one could see with half an eye that the woman was as pious as could be—the kind that was hand and glove with parsons.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

Good Lord! as if one could not see with half an eye the state the place is in!

From L'Arrabiata and Other Tales by Paul Heyse

"I can see with half an eye that there is some fresh trouble."

From The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope

Anyone can see with half an eye that Wyndham's wife is not in love with him.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by L. T. Meade

Things has their uses; and the uses of this body of water isn't to cover fish spawn, as any man can see with half an eye.

From The Frontiersmen by Gustave Aimard