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see with half an eye



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Idioms and Phrases

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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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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It's rather hard to tell you these things to your faces; but they're facts, as you can see with half an eye.

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Any one can see with half an eye that she ain't fit to be going before a court and giving evidence after the shock as she 'as had.

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The first time Mr. Norcross's special went over the line anybody could see with half an eye that the pay-roll men were taking a brace.

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