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'''to [[keep]] a [[weather eye]] [[open]]''' |
'''to [[keep]] a [[weather eye]] [[open]]''' |
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# {{intransitive|idiomatic}} to [[maintain]] a [[background]] [[awareness]] of something; to [[remain]] [[alert]] to [[small]] [[changes]] without them occupying your full [[attention]]. |
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# {{rare|obsolete}} to be [[alert]]; to [[concentrate]] on a matter in hand. |
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{{seeCites|weather eye#Keep a weather eye open}} |
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====Synonyms==== |
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* To [[keep half an eye on something]] |
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* [[keep one's wits about one]] |
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Revision as of 02:29, 26 January 2009
English
Verb
to keep a weather eye open
- Template:intransitive to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to small changes without them occupying your full attention.
- Template:rare to be alert; to concentrate on a matter in hand.
For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:keep a weather eye open#Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "weather eye#Keep a weather eye open" is not valid. See WT:LOL.|Citations:keep a weather eye open]].