eyes.html - {informal} You want more food than you can eat. * /Annie took a second big helping of pudding, but her eyes were bigger than her stomach./ * /"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach," mother told little Tommy when he piled up food on his plate./

eyes.html - {n. phr.}, {informal} Ability to know what happens when your back is turned. * /Mother must have eyes in the back of her head, because she always knows when I do something wrong./

eyes.html - 1. Careful watch or attention; readiness to see. - Usually used with "for". * /Keep your eyes open for a boy in a red cap and sweater./ * /The hunter had his eyes open for rabbits./ * /They drove on with their eyes open for a gas station./ Syn.: EYE OUT, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED. 2. Full knowledge; especially of consequences; understanding of what will or might result. - Used with "have" or "with". * /Automobile racing is dangerous. Bob went into it with his eyes open./ * /Betty had her eyes open when she got married./ Contrast: CLOSE ONE'S EYES.

eyes.html - {informal} (You) are very much surprised. - Used with a possessive noun or pronoun. * /Mary's eyes popped out when her mother entered her classroom./ * /When Joan found a clock radio under the Christmas tree, her eyes popped out./

eyes.html - n.
seeing-distance (out of eyeshot).

eyes.html - n.
the faculty or power of seeing.