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Dec 2020
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Episode 61: Idioms with the word eye!

Cody Marosz
About this episode

Who would have thought there would be so many idioms with the word eyeball!

Idioms we cover:

  • Up to one’s eyeballs
  • Up to one’s eyes
  • Eyeball to eyeball
  • Keep your eyes peeled
  • Get an eyeball on (something)
  • Eyeballing (something)
  • Eyeballs out

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