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keep one's eyes open
Idioms and Phrases
Also, keep one's eyes peeled or skinned . Be watchful and observant. For example, We should keep our eyes open for a change in the wind's direction , or Keep your eyes peeled for the teacher . The first phrase dates from the late 1800s; the second and third, both colloquial and alluding to the lids not covering the eyes, date from the mid-1800s and 1830s, respectively.Example Sentences
Of course, it was needful to exercise a certain amount of discretion, to keep one's eyes open whilst in the water; and I do not say that there was no danger present.
“It seems worth while to keep one’s eyes open,” she laughed, and began to shuffle with the toe of her shoe in the dusty street.
Thou knowest well how to furnish a guard-room when one is required to keep one's eyes open and one's spirits up.
From the snow-hut observatory, or even at a lesser distance, the Fram is invisible, and it is almost impossible to keep one’s eyes open, owing to the blinding snow.
One had to keep one’s eyes open there, for they were every bit as brave as we were.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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