eye up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial)Toexamineclosely somethingcoveted.Synonym:give someone the eyeThat creep in the corner waseyeingmeup.The dog waseyeing upmy steak.2025April 16, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Wales”, inRAIL, number1033, page25:Llanelli: An empty piece of land south of the station is beingeyed upbyCarmarthenshireCouncil, to create a better interchange for buses and taxis, and to build a car park.

Examples:

EN: Maybe I pulled a dirty trick on you... when I took the cinder out of your eye up in Boston.
ES: Quizá te jugué una mala pasada cuando te saqué la carbonilla del ojo en Boston.
EN: You think those brass buttons you got give you a huntin' permit on respectable citizens, don't you? You search 'em, push 'em around, eye up their women.
ES: Ese uniforme les da derecho a molestar a los ciudadanos, y observar a sus mujeres.
EN: - The one I had my eye up against.
ES: - La tienda en la que he apoyado el ojo.
EN: Chief, it was unbelievable. It had an eye up over here, His nose was twisted to the side.
ES: ¡Jefe, fue increíble, tenia un ojo por aquí y la nariz completamente aplastada!
EN: Bob was certainly moving up in the world... But like any man who runs a growing business... He always had an eye up for qualified personnel.
ES: Bob estaba ascendiendo en el mundo pero como cualquier hombre con un negocio creciente siempre estaba al tanto de ayuda calificada.
EN: What, do I got a bull's-eye up there?
ES: ¿Qué, tengo un blanco ahí?
EN: He's not the one who fucked my eye up, is he?
ES: - No será el que me jodió el ojo.
EN: Steve, after they flip the eye up, these jets...
ES: Steve, después de abrirte el ojo, unos aparatos...
EN: Emilio, we need to talk about your father I've turned a blind eye up until now but the neighbours have started to complain
ES: Debemos hablar de tu padre, hasta ahora lo he ignorado, pero se quejan los vecinos.
EN: We can cover that black eye up with some cream base, and the coat and pants we'll bleach with an acid wash for a fun, vintage look.
ES: Te puedes cubrir ese ojo morado con una crema. El abrigo y los pantalones los y decoloraremos para que se vean bien.
EN: That eye up there seems to be his power source.
ES: Ese ojo parece ser la fuente de energía.
EN: It could be any one, maybe even a lonely old man... who comes to the cinema to eye up the kids and wank in the dark.
ES: Pudiera ser cualquiera. Quizás un hombre viejo y solo que le gusta observar a los niños.
EN: With you behind me, I'd have to tie one eye up, watching both of your hands.
ES: Contigo tendría siempre un ojo abierto... observando tus movimientos.
EN: Yeah, man, you fucked your eye up.
ES: Sí, hombre, te reventaste un ojo.
EN: Maybe an eye up in the sky.
ES: Podría tener un ojo en el cielo.

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