peel Idiom, Proverb

eyes peeled

(See keep your eyes peeled)

keep your eyes peeled

look or watch carefully, watch for Keep your eyes peeled for birds. Watch for animals, too.

peeling

what comes off when peeling a cap:"The bigger the cap, the bigger the peelin'" -- Ice Cube (Steady mobbin' [1991]) Note that Cube is paraphrasing a Parliament line, where GC says "The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill", but the way he says it, "pill" comes out sounding like peel".

peeling caps

killing someone by shooting him, shots to the head often disfigure it in such a way that the cranium is "peeled back":"One wrong move and your cap's peeled" -- Ice T. (O.G. original gangster)

peel off

1．remove（the outer layer or covering）去掉（外层或覆盖的）
I can peel the skin off with my fingers．我可以用手指把皮剥掉。
2．remove（clothing）脱衣服
He was so hot that he peeled off his jacket．他热得把茄克衫脱了。
She peeled off and dived into the water．她脱了衣服潜入水中。
3．come off； scale off剥落；脱落
The paint on our house is peeling off in several places．我们的屋子有几处油漆脱落了。

keep one's eyes peeled for

Idiom(s): keep one's eyes open (for someone or something) AND keep one's eyes peeled (for someone or something)

Theme: ALERTNESS

to remain alert and watchful for someone or something. (The entries with peeled are informal. Peel refers to moving the eyelids back.)
• I'm keeping my eyes open for a sale on winter coats.
• Please keep your eyes peeled for Mary. She's due to arrive here any time.
• Okay. I'll keep my eyes open.

keep one's eyes peeled|eyes|keep|keep one's eyes s

v. phr., informal To watch carefully; be always looking. The bird-watcher kept his eyes peeled for bluebirds. When the boys walked through the roads, they kept their eyes skinned for snakes.
Compare: EYES OPEN¹, EYE OUT.

peel off|peel

v. To dive away from a group of airplanes in a flight formation; bring one plane down from a group. As the group neared the home base, pilot after pilot peeled off for a landing.

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In addition to the idiom beginning with peel, also see keep one's eyes open.