See ALL MY EYE.

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  TO PULL WOOL OVER THE EYES.—See PULL WOOL.

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  TO KEEP THE EYES CLEAN, SKINNED, or PEELED, verb. phr. (American).—To be watchful; alert; with all one’s wits about one.

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  1837.  C. GILMAN, Recollections of a Southern Matron. Maus Ben ax ’em for sing one hymn for ’em, cause he EYE CLEAN.

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  1865.  New York Herald.

        My son, afore you leave yer home, I want ter say ter you,
Thar’s lots of pitfalls in the world ter let young roosters through;
So keep a padlock on yer mouth and SKIN YER WEATHER EYE,
But never advertise yerself as being monstrous fly.

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  TO HAVE A DROP IN THE EYE, verb. phr. (common).—To be drunk. For synonyms, see DRINKS and SCREWED.

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  1738.  SWIFT, Polite Conversation, Dial. 1. You must own you had a DROP IN YOUR EYE; when I left you, you were half seas over.

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  1837.  R. H. BARHAM, The Ingoldsby Legends (The Black Mousquetaire).

                In vain did he try
        With strong waters to ply
His friend, on the ground that he never could spy
Such a thing as a Ghost, with a DROP IN HIS EYE.

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  IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE.—See BEDPOST.

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  TO BET ONE’S EYES.—See BET.

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  MY EYES! intj. phr. (common).—An expression of surprise.

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  1837.  DICKENS, Oliver Twist, ch. viii. ‘MY EYES, how green!’ exclaimed the young gentleman. ‘Why a beak’s a madgst’rate.’

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