10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED»
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German/English Dictionary of Idioms
(die) Augen und Ohren aufhalten - to keep one's eyes and ears open, 10 keep
one's eyes open, to keep one's eyes skinned/peeledl... soll Nein, der Doris
brauchst du nicht zu sagen, daß sie die Augen und die Ohren aufhalten soll.
Wenn sie ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1910. Able to keep rising to the occasion. keep (one's or the) eye down. To keep
one's head down; to watch oneself, take care: Guardsmen's: from ca. 1915. keep
(one's) eyes skinned. To maintain a sharp look-out: coll.: adopted, ex US, ca.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
leuchtet jm. aus den Augen to be able to do s.th. bündfold/witb one's eyes shut
Hand: etw. mit der linken Hand machen to keep one's eyes skinned/peeled/...
Auge: (die) Augen und Ohren aufhalten to open one's eyes slightly Spalt: einen
Spalt ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
46) Moyes, Patricia. A Six-Letter Word for Death. 1983. New York: Henry Holt and
Company, 1985. To keep one's eyes skinned (peeled) (APP 124; MP 209) 1847
Keep your eye skinned for Injuns. (p. 105) Robb, J. S. Streaks of Squatter Life, ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Chambers concise dictionary
... in the wind's eye against the wind, keep an eye on someone or something
colloq to keep them or it under observation, keep one's eyes skinned or peeled
colloq to watch or look out. make eyes at someone coZ/ogtolook at them with
sexual ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Express Office. An establishment which rapidly transmits parcels and goods.
Express Wagon. The wagon in which packages, boxes, etc., are taken to and
from an express office. Eyes Skinned. To keep one's eyes skinned is to be on the
alert.
John Russell Bartlett, 1859
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases ...
Express Office. An establishment which rapidly transmits parcels and goods.
Express Wagon. The wagon in which packages, boxes, etc., are taken to and
from an express office. Eyes Skinned. To keep one's eyes skinned is to be on the
alert.
John Russell Bartlett, 1860
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
... (coll) to look at in a sexually inviting way. — have one's eye on to be eager to
have, get, obtain, etc. — have eyes for to be interested in. — have an eye to to
have as a purpose. — keep one's eyes skinned or peeled (for) (coll) to watch out.
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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BARTLETT'S DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS
Express Office. An establishment which rapidly transmits parcels and goods.
Express Wagon. The wagon in which packages, boxes, etc., are taken to and
from an express office. Exes Skinned. To keep one's eyes skinned is to be on the
alert.
JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, 1859
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Chambers English Thesaurus
... keep a weather eye open, keep one's eyes open, keep one's eyes peeled,
keep one's eyes skinned, mind oneself. watch over defend, guard, keep an eye
on, look after, mind, preserve, protect, shelter, shield, stand guard over, tend.
watchful ...
