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单词 to keep one's eyes skinned
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to keep one's eyes skinned
colloquial (originally U.S.) to keep one's eyes skinned and variants: to keep a sharp lookout, watch carefully for. Cf. to keep one's eyes peeled at peeled adj. 1b, to skin one's eyes at skin v. Phrases 3.
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1828 A. Wetmore Diary 25 June, in Public Documents U.S. Senate (22nd Congress, 1st Sess.) (1832) No. 90. 36Keep your eyes skinned now,’ said the old trapper. We are now entering upon the most dangerous section of the trace.
1887 J. Farrell How he Died 22 The reverend josser..kept his eye skinned.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 125 A sack o' taters, or a sieve o' cherries sometimes goes awalkin' if yer don't keep yer eyes skinned.
1915 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps 67 I told him to keep his eyes skinned, and make note of any strange figures.
1947 T. H. White Mistress Masham's Repose 45 Maria went round the green, with her eyes skinned, but without making any discoveries.
1996 Prospect Mar. 9/2 Eyes are kept skinned for the lookalike but worthless Chinese truffle.
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