watch with an eagle eye



watch somebody/something with an eagle eye

  also watch somebody/something with eagle eyes
to watch someone or something very closely and carefully
Usage notes: An eagle is a large bird which can see very well.
The teacher was watching the children with an eagle eye, making sure they behaved themselves.
See also: eagle, eye, watch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Orsolya-Hungarian
Herschel-Yiddish
Titas-Lithuanian
ÖDÖN-Hungarian
Gulnar-Kazakh, Azerbaijani
Vita-Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish