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weather eye
noun
- sensitivity and alertness to signs of change in the weather.
- a steady and astute watchfulness, especially alertness to change.
weather eye
noun
- the vision of a person trained to observe changes in the weather
- informal.an alert or observant gaze
- keep one's weather eye opento stay on the alert
Word History and Origins
Origin of weather eye1
Idioms and Phrases
- keep one's / a weather eye open, to be on one's guard; be watchful:
He kept a weather eye open for new political developments.
Example Sentences
Keep a weather eye on the horizon as they navigate their failing romance and battle against the forces of nature.
No longer would Haiti lurch from one financial crisis to the next, always with a weather eye on the horizon for the return of French warships.
“Maybe not, Chief, but have you cast a weather eye over that badger?”
Most Fed policymakers have signaled they are not inclined to reduce rates this year after cutting them three times last year, though they have a weather eye on the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic.
It’s proper to keep a weather eye out for indications that taxes are causing disaffection among high-income taxpayers in California, chiefly because the state’s tax structure is highly dependent on the top brackets.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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