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Idioms beginning with "E"
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[eyes are bigger than one's stomach] {informal}
You want more food than you can eat.
Annie took a second big helping of pudding, but her eyes were bigger than her stomach.
* /"Your eyes are bigger than your stomach," mother told little Tommy when […]
[eyes in the back of one's head] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Ability to know what happens when your back is turned.
Mother must have eyes in the back of her head, because she always knows when I do something wrong.
[eyes open] {adj. phr.}
1. Careful watch or attention; readiness to see. — Usually used with "for".
Keep your eyes open for a boy in a red cap and sweater.
The hunter had his eyes open for rabbits.
* /They drove on with their eyes open for a […]
[eyes pop out] {informal} (You) are very much surprised. — Used with a possessive noun or pronoun.
Mary's eyes popped out when her mother entered her classroom.
When Joan found a clock radio under the Christmas tree, her eyes popped out.