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eyes like a hawk

This page is about the idiom eyes like a hawk

Meaning

If someone has eyes like a hawk, they have very good eyesight and they notice everything.

For example

  • One of the president's bodyguards is over sixty, but he's still got eyes like a hawk. Just last year he spotted a guy pulling out a gun fifty yards away, and saved the president's life by pushing him to the ground.

  • You need eyes like a hawk to be a line judge at Wimbledon, especially these days when the top tennis players hit the ball so fast.

Origin: Idiomatic simile related to the fact that a hawk is a bird with exceptionally good eyesight.

Quick Quiz

Which of these people would need eyes like a hawk?

a. a pilot who searches for lost people

b. a sound engineer who records music

c. a chef who makes cakes and desserts
a) a pilot who searches for lost people b) a sound engineer who records music c) a chef who makes cakes and desserts

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