ALL EYES
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 538.
Explain the meanings and give the context of the following idioms:
· cry your eyes out
· look daggers at smb.
· not take your eyes off smb.
· love is blind
· beauty is in the eye of the beholder
· see the light
· not see smb. for dust
· turn a blind eye
· have (got) a roving eye
· swear blind
A. Choose the idiom which would be appropriate in the following situations:
1. You're so proud of your child.
a He's the apple of my eye.
b He's for my eyes only.
ñ Íå looks a sight.
2. You're pleased/relieved to see someone.
a She's robbed me blind.
b I take a dim view of her.
ñ She's a sight for sore eyes.
3. You can see a little hope for the future in difficult times.
a I can see stars.
b Feast your eyes on that,
ñ There's light at the end of the tunnel.
4. She's good at noticing things around her.
a She can see things in her mind's eye.
b She has eyes in the back of her head.
ñ She can see her way clear to doing that.
5. There's too much information for you to see clearly.
a I can't see the wood for the trees.
b I just watch the world go by.
ñ I need to keep my eyes open.
6. You don't want anyone else to see something.
a This is for your eyes only.
b Keep your eyes peeled.
ñ Feast your eyes on this.
7. He looks terrible.
a I take a dim view of him.
b He looks a sight.
ñ I know him by sight.
8. Somebody seems to be daydreaming.
a Has he got second sight?
b He's all eyes.
ñ He's just staring into space.