my eye

Idioms

Like hell, that's nonsense, as in You were at the library all day? My eye, you were! This slangy expression of disbelief was first recorded in 1842. From about 1800 to the 1930s the same term was used to indicate surprise (My eye, she's been promoted after all.) but this usage seems to be obsolete.

Example Sentences

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A movement to my right caught my eye; a slim man, probably thirty or so, had just stood up from his seat.

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It took everything in me to stifle my eye roll.

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I shot the piece of machinery in question a look out of the corner of my eye as I ate my third piece of garlic bread.

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I glanced over at Regan out of the corner of my eye and saw her grim expression as her mother looked from her to me and back again.

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I glanced at Elliot from the corner of my eye to see his reaction to this, but his face didn’t give anything away.

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