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Nightstalker Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

"Look me in the eye" or "look me in the eyes"

0 Why do people say look me in "the eye" instead of "the eyes"? Who would please explain this for me?0-
  

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02br 02br 00We also say things like 'can you keep your 01i 00eye02i 00 on my bag', meaning can you watch and take care of it for me. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 02br 02br 00We also say things like 'can you keep your 01i 00eye02i 00 on my bag', meaning can you watch and take care of it for me.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi Nightstalker,02br
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00I think there's no real explanation, it's just idiomatic - it's just the way we say it.02br
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00We also say things like 'can you keep your 01i00eye02i00 on my bag', meaning can you watch and take care of it for me. or 'can you give me 01i01b00a02b00 hand'02i00,
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0the word 'eye' here does not refer to physical eye therefore cannot be treated literally.02br
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00'to be earnst, to be hornest to me' is the meaning of it.02br
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00otherwise, it may literally mean 'take a look at my eyes', although it is not a proper expression.0-
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The term came to be "look me in the eye" because when you look someone in the eyes you're really only focusing on one eye. It's impossible to look into both eyes of someone with both of your eyes because your dominant eye sees where you're looking and the other looks at the same spot at an angle, giving depth perception.
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because we humans can only watch one eye at a time

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