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Meaning of "half an eye" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF AN EYE

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WHAT DOES HALF AN EYE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half an eye in the English dictionary

The definition of half an eye in the dictionary is a modicum of perceptiveness. Other definition of half an eye is continuing unobtrusive observation or awareness.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF AN EYE

half a dozen
half an hour
half and half
half board
half coupling
half eagle
half fare
half frame
half gainer
half holiday
half landing
half measure
half measures
half pay
half pint
half rest
half seas over
half step
half term
half tiger

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF AN EYE

an eye for an eye
apple of one´s eye
beady eye
black eye
eagle eye
easy on the eye
electric eye
evil eye
hook and eye
in the public eye
mind´s eye
more than meets the eye
my eye
not bat an eye
private eye
red eye
see eye to eye
smack in the eye
third eye
turn a blind eye

Synonyms and antonyms of half an eye in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half an eye» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF AN EYE

Find out the translation of half an eye to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half an eye from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half an eye» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半只眼睛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio un ojo
570 millions of speakers

English

half an eye
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधे आंख
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف العين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глазком
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meio olho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধেক চোখ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

une moitié œil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einem halben Auge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半眼
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 눈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah mripat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa mắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை கண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा डोळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım göz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzo un occhio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

półoka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

очком
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

o jumătate de ochi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό μάτι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half ´n oog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ett halvt öga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvt øye
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half an eye

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF AN EYE»

The term «half an eye» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.771 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF AN EYE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half an eye» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half an eye» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half an eye

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF AN EYE»

Discover the use of half an eye in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half an eye and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
H26 To see with Half an eye 1683 Mather Papers 105: Wee may see with halfe an eye which way they intend to drive poor England. c1737 Colden Letters 9.302: [He] said any one with half an eye can see with what Success an appeal is like ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Back to Darwin: The Scientific Case for Deistic Evolution
The classic argument against this position charges that half an eye confers no positive survival value at all to the host creature; therefore, natural selection could never have formed the eye. Dawkins counters this assertion by pointing out that ...
Michael Anthony Corey, 1994
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The God Delusion
'What is the use of half an eye?' and 'What is the use of half a wing?' are both instances of the argument from 'irreducible complexity'. A functioning unit is said to be irreducibly complex if the removal of one of its parts causes the whole to ...
Richard Dawkins, 2008
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God’s Illusion Machine: The Vedic Alternative to Richard ...
The following statement is among the most frequently cited Richard Dawkins quotations: Thus the creationist's favourite question, 'What is the use of half an eye?', actually, this is a lightweight question, a doddle to answer. Half an eye is just ...
Mayesvara dasa, 2013
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
... clap eyes on, close their eyes to, close your eyes and think of England, easy on the eye, feast their eyes on, flutter their eyelashes, get their eye in, give their eye teeth, give them the glad eye, green-eyed monster, half an eye, have an eyefor, ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Why Evolution is True
How could “half an eye” be of any use? Darwin brilliantly addressed, and rebutted, this argument in The Origin. He surveyed existing species to see if one could find functional but less complex eyes that not only were useful, but also could be ...
Jerry A. Coyne, 2009
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Games of No Chance
This simple formulaic reduction constitutes a rigorous proof that "half an eye plus half an eye equals one eye" . 2.5. An eye and a half. Another game that appears fairly frequently is {2| 1} eyes, which can be written l|£. The simplest example of ...
Richard J. Nowakowski, 1998
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The Counter-creationism Handbook
At the Water's Edge. CB921: New structures would be useless until fully developed. New structures or organs would not develop incrementally because they would not function until fully developed. For example, what use is half an eye?
Mark Isaak, 2007
9
Proverbial Language in English Drama Exclusive of ...
H47* He that has but HALF an eye (wit) may see it (Varied: eye from 1531: add wit from 1563) Add: cl614 (1639) Fletcher Wit Without Money 3.3.7L: A man may see, With half an eye, through all her forced behaviours; 5.4.47: And half an eye ...
Robert William Dent, 1984
10
Dictionary of Proverbs
Half an eye 1838: Carlyle, Sartor, bk i'ch x. 1857: Hughes, Tom Brown, Pt II ch iii, The ease with which he himself became hail-fellow-well-met with anybody, and blundered into and out of twenty friendships a half year . . . Mailer is as bad as ...
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF AN EYE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term half an eye is used in the context of the following news items.
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Weekend Review
MB: If you've had even half an eye on our Catching Pigeons column this season then you'd be aware that what Arod is now producing on the ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
2
Wimbledon vs ODI: A corner foreign to a cricket field
Make that half an eye, for Federer breaks Djokovic to go up 4-2 in the first set. The screams are enough to get another hundred or so from the ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
A super supper and music for Friday night
Since the Upside Bakery is such an attractive place, and the magnificent oven a fountain of potential, I've been keeping half an eye on it since ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jul 15»
4
The city of magnificent intention
The deafening siren of my alarm pierced my eardrum until I reluctantly shuffled my arm in search for the source of sound. With only half an eye ... «Daily Californian, Jul 15»
5
Dobbs: This Iran deal is better than no deal at all
Instead of buying us time — during which we could keep at least half an eye on Iran's bomb-building abilities — we would have no eye at all, ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
6
Boom over for some Swiss international schools
Other parents working for multinational firms may have had half an eye on a foreign posting. The Zurich authorities were alarmed at the ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
7
Analysis: Alderweireld signing gives Spurs defence major boost
The appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as manager in the summer of 2014 was surely made with more than half an eye on rectifying that, but ... «A Different League, Jul 15»
8
The Palace of Westminster – the mother of all problems
... investment being made and the potential impact on occupiers over a considerable period,” warns the report, casting half an eye to the voters. «Property Week, Jul 15»
9
Next generation innovations blend art and science
The work here is about changing lives and the impact we have on the world around us. Much of it has at least half an eye on the environment. «Yahoo! Maktoob News, Jul 15»
10
Kyrgios 'the most hated man in tennis'
But with half an eye on an era beyond the big four who have dominated men's tennis during a glorious golden era, and the lack of characters ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»

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