My eye!

maɪ aɪ!

A battle

A great battle seen from a bird's-eye view. In the foreground a cavalry battle, behind it artillery and infantry. Upstairs, a division of riders makes a spiral movement. Perhaps the battle of Wimpfen in Germany in 1622.

Illustrations

Saint Jerome. Kneeling, with tears in his eyes, praying before a crucifix on an altar made of a table covered with a Persian carpet, two candles, a book and a painting. A rosary in the hands.

Vanmour shows the viewer from a bird's eye view the Atmeydanı (Hippodrome) with the obelisks and the serpent's column. To the left of the square we see the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque), the only mosque in the city with six minarets. The Grand Vizier's palace on the other side of the square is also clearly recognizable. Vanmour has depicted a long procession of people in the center of the painting. It is the Grand Vizier and his retinue who cross the Atmeydanı from his palace on the right to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque on the other side of the square. They are on their way to the mosque for Friday prayers. The procession is led by the lieutenant of the grand vizier, the vizir kâhyasi on his beautifully decked horse. Then follow the lieutenant's foot soldiers, who walk directly behind him in the painting, but also often walk next to his horse. Behind this are the six guards of the grand vizier, who in the painting appear to be two heads taller than the other servants. They wear green coats with gilded belts and richly decorated half-peaks. Two men walk behind them, carrying a rug and a pillow. They must always stay close to the Grand Vizier. If he is delayed on the way to the mosque due to unforeseen circumstances and is therefore still on the street during the call for prayer, he can use this cloth and pillow. The Grand Vizier covers the short distance on horseback, just like his lieutenant. The elongated staircase at his palace made it possible for him to leave his palace on horseback. He is followed and surrounded by many servants, some of whom also wear pillows or rugs under their arms.

The penitent Mary Magdalene, looking up with tears in her eyes, in front of her an open book lying on a skull. In the background a landscape. Copy after the original in El Escorial.

Bird's eye view of a vast, slightly hilly river landscape. In the foreground travelers on a road leading to a river, a pleasure boat on the water.

The one-eyed giant Polyphemus is in love with the sea nymph Galatea and plays his pan flute for her. Galatea rides the waves in her dolphin-drawn heart shell. Tritons and nereids play around her in the water. A bulging cloth floats around Galateas head. This canvas is an attribute of Auro's spirit of the sky. The putti that float in the air also blow out air.

Schagen Castle, bird's eye view from the north

Portrait of Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711), Prince of Oranje-Nassau. Bust to the right, eyes to the left. In armor with ermine cloak. From an original by Louis Volders. Part of the collection of portrait miniatures.

Study of an old woman

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

My eye!
a mild asseveration

Quotations

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

Julius Erving

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. I will counsel you with my eye upon you. [Psalm 25:12]

Bible

I'll do my dreaming with my eyes wide open, and I'll do my looking back with my eyes closed.

Tony Arata

When I look into the future, it is so bright it burns my eyes.

Oprah Winfrey

O sleep, O gentle sleep, nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down and steep my senses in forgetfulness?

William Shakespeare

My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it.

Rodney Dangerfield

Idioms

All my eye and Peggy Martin - (UK) An idiom that appears to have gone out of use but was prevalent in the English north Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at least the turn of the 20th century until the early 1950s or so. The idiom's meaning is literally something said or written that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the result of malicious village gossip etc.

My eye - This idiom is added to an adjective to show that you disagree with it: 'He's shy.' 'Shy my eye- he's just planning something secret.'

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. éage; cf. Goth. augo, Ger. auge, Dut. oog, Ice. auga.

Usage in the news

Stories that caught my eye over the weekend. ashingtonpost.com

As an Asian-American, of course "Charlie Chan's Ching Chong Roll" caught my eye. yaledailynews.com

I'm eager to get back to Washington so I can finally fix my eyes on the long-in-the-making memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. dallasnews.com

I've been asked the color of my eyes, my mood and even my parachute. timesleader.com

As a media critic who writes about financial coverage, a recent column of his caught my eye with this headline. cjr.org

"BLMC opened my eyes to the world of visual communication with Light". livedesignonline.com

"I immediately began to retreat and began to cover my eyes and my mouth," he told the Battle Creek Enquirer. ashingtonpost.com

A note in the latest newsletter of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association catches my eye. rwonline.com

Cosmopolitan Club reviews Tebow's 'Through My Eyes. columbiadailyherald.com

My eyes met the eyes of a School Board member. kake.com

I wouldn't normally be interested in Indy Racing, but a couple years ago the story of an attractive female driver cutting it with the big boys certainly caught my eye. todaystmj4.com

I was singing carefully, with my eyes closed and likely a smile creeping up in the corners of my mouth. sfbg.com

"They really caught my eye," said Mixon, who was recruited by co-offensive line coach Bruce Walker. columbiatribune.com

The first sentence in a recent news story made me want to wash my eyes out with vodka. newsobserver.com

One happening this weekend really caught my eye which is why it is the focus of this week's Hot Trends. nbc15.com

Usage in scientific papers

This plot does not do justice in my eyes to the role of the LHC.
LHC Symposium 2003: Summary Talk

To my eye, those distributions look convincing, but perhaps more work and further scrutiny in collaborations is required to reach the ﬁnal conclusion on this.
The conical flow from quenched jets in sQGP

For a bird’s eye view of the main plots relative to the material included in the present digest, the reader is referred to the slides of my oral contribution , which were mostly assembled from the original material presented at the conference.
Hard Probes 2010: Experimental Summary

While reading the section on factoring a number x via the difference of squares method, x = y2 − z 2 , in the inspiring survey article of Carl Pomerance, multivision formed before my eyes in a ﬂash.
Multivision: an intractable impartial game with a linear winning strategy

Before I can state my fact, I will have to give a bird’s eye view of some aspects of quantum mechanics—aspects that may be worth recalling anyway, in a reconsideration of the foundations of quantum theory.
A Curious Geometrical Fact About Entanglement

Usage in literature

Her pleadings were in answer to my eyes. "The King's Mirror" by Anthony Hope

He made a feeble gesture, and as I knelt by him the tears came to my eyes and a lump rose in my throat. "The Cryptogram" by William Murray Graydon

I sat down on one of the bench lockers with Partial's head in my hand, and almost my eyes became moist. "The Lady and the Pirate" by Emerson Hough

I strained my eyes to catch sight of any of my family, but no one could be seen. "Roger Trewinion" by Joseph Hocking

I had sunk back into my corner and covered my eyes with my hand. "The Other Side of the Door" by Lucia Chamberlain

I shut my eyes, rubbed them with my forefingers, and again let in the light. "A Daughter of Raasay" by William MacLeod Raine

I could not raise my eyes; my cheeks were burning. "The Blue Germ" by Martin Swayne

I was moving my arms about, throwing my head to one side, and blinking my eyes, and he gave me a sound box on the ears. "Jewish Children" by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

Then the tears come into my eyes, and it is just as if my mother kissed me. "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen

When I open my eyes from sleep I find it waiting at my bed. "Fantazius Mallare" by Ben Hecht

Usage in poetry

This then alone the secret cause
That wakes the rising woe;
This, this alone the secret grief
That makes my eyes o'erflow.

"To ------" by Charlotte Dacre

Through driving rain and tossing trees
I saw her pale with pain ;
And if my eyes grew wet, perchance
'Twas not the wet of rain.

"Arnold Rode Behind" by Roderic Quinn

But soon my eyes unfix'd their stare,
My senses clearer now became,
And borne unto my sharpen'd ear,
I heard a sound, but not the same.

"A Dream" by Thomas Frederick Young

And oh! I saw thy angel smile,
It smiled its lovelight all on me!
My heart was heaving high the while,
And still my eyes saw nought but thee.

"The Dream Of Love" by James Avis Bartley

But there his wings they waved so bright
Before my eyes, I drooped and slept.
When I awoke, it seemed dark night.
I raised my voice and wept.

"“She Wandered After Strange Gods…”" by Laura Benet

Sunrise is in your eyes, and in your heart
The hope and bright desire of morn and May.
My eyes are full of shadow, and my part
Of life is yesterday.

"Age To Youth" by Edith Nesbit