8. Catch someone’s eye

8.吸引某人的目光

If something appeals to a person, it catches their eye:

如果有什么東西吸引了一個人，它會吸引他們的眼球：

I was walking down the street when the pink car caught my eye.

我走在街上的時候，那輛粉紅色的車引起了我的注意。

9. [To have] An eagle eye

9.有一雙敏銳的眼光

Someone who has an eagle eye can spot mistakes even if they are very small, because the person is very perceptive:

有鷹眼的人即使很小也能發(fā)現(xiàn)錯誤，因為這個人非常敏銳：

You have to have an eagle eye to be a book editor because books cannot be published if they have even one mistake!

作為一個圖書編輯，你必須目光敏銳，因為一旦有一個錯誤，書籍就不能出版。

10. Give Someone the Eye

10.對某人冷眼相待

If you want to send a message to someone without talking to them, you can give them the eye! Usually this means giving them a stern glance so that they know you are angry or disappointed at them.

如果你想不跟別人說話就給他們發(fā)信息，你可以給他們冷眼！通常這意味著給他們一個嚴(yán)厲的目光，讓他們知道你對他們生氣或失望。

I thought about lying to my teacher but knowing that my mom would give me the eye if she found out made tell the truth instead.

我想對我的老師撒謊，但我知道如果我媽媽發(fā)現(xiàn)了真相，她肯定會對我冷眼相待。

11. Have Eyes Bigger than Your Stomach

11.眼大肚小

Having eyes bigger than your stomach means that you look at and wish you could eat more food that you actually can.

眼睛比胃部大意味著你看著并希望你能吃更多的食物。

He has eyes bigger than his stomach, and always eats too much when we go to the buffet.

他眼大肚小，我們?nèi)プ灾�餐時他卻總是吃得太多。

12. Have Eyes in the Back of One’s Head

12.火眼金睛

This phrase describes someone who always seems to know what is happening, even if they are not there.

這個短語描述的是一個似乎總是知道發(fā)生了什么事情的人，即使他們不在那里。

I tried to pull a prank on my brother but my mother found out! It was like she had eyes in the back of her head.

我試圖對我弟弟開玩笑，但我媽媽發(fā)現(xiàn)了！她對一切都火眼金睛。

13. In the Public Eye

13.廣為人知

Someone or something is in the public eye if lots of people are paying attention to it. This almost always requires media coverage.

如果很多人都在關(guān)注某個人或某物的話，那么它就會被廣為人知。這幾乎都是需要媒體的報道。

The actor is in the public eye now because of his arrest, but soon everyone will forget about him.

這位演員因被捕而受到公眾的關(guān)注，但很快每個人都會忘記他。

14. Turn a Blind Eye

14.睜一只眼，閉一只眼

Someone who turns a blind eye ignores something that is happening – usually something terrible, usually because they have something to gain:

睜一只眼，閉一只眼的人忽略了正在發(fā)生的事情——通常是一些不好的事情，通常是因為他們要獲得一些東西：

The police turn a blind eye to the drug smuggling operation because the drug lords pay the police chiefs every month.

警察對毒品走私行動視而不見，因為毒梟每個月都付給警察局長工資。

15. Without Batting an Eye

15.不露聲色

Something that you do without batting an eye is something that you do not have to think about before doing it. This idiom is usually used to describe people who have views different from the majority:

你做某事面不改色是指你做之前甚至不必考慮的事情。這個成語通常用來形容與大多數(shù)人觀點不同的人：

Mary did not even bat an eye when the tutor said that her hourly price would be $500/hour.

當(dāng)老師說她每小時的工資是500美元時，瑪麗甚至連眼睛都沒眨一下。

In this example, hiring someone for $500/hour is very rare. Because Mary did not even stop to think about it, the idiom draws attention to her wealth (or at least, her willingness to spend and invest in herself).

在這個例子中，以每小時500美元的價格雇傭某人是非常罕見的。因為瑪麗甚至沒有停下來思考，這個成語吸引了人們對她的財富的關(guān)注（或者至少，她愿意花錢和投資于自己）。

（來源：滬江英語）