| 词组 | have eyes in the back of your head |
| 释义 | Idiom have eyes in the back of your headhave eyes in the back of (your) head informal to know everything that is happening around you.Parents of young children have to have eyes in the back of their heads. have eyes in the back of (one's) headTo be or seem to be able to detect what is going on all around one, even beyond one's field of vision. My mom always seems to know when we've done something we shouldn't have. She has eyes in the back of her head! Look, just be very careful not to do personal things during the work day—the boss has eyes in the back of his head. have eyes in the back of your headobserve everything that is happening even when this is apparently impossible. 1991 Barbara Anderson Girls High They were all in Miss Royston's class who said that she had eyes in the back of her head and they half believed it, because how else did she know. have eyes in the back of your ˈhead(informal) seem to be able to see everything and know what is going on: You have to have eyes in the back of your head to keep control of six lively children.eyes in the back of one's head, to haveTo be exceptionally alert. This expression dates from Roman times, appearing in Plautus’s play Aulularia (ca. 210 b.c.) and cited by Erasmus in his collection of adages. Put slightly differently, it appeared in John Still’s play Gammer Gurton’s Needle (ca. 1565): “Take heed of Sim Glovers wife, she hath an eie behind her!” (2.2). |
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