- take your eye off the ball
- Take your eye off the ballIf someone takes their eye off the ball, they don't concentrate on something important that they should be looking at.
The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.
take your eye off the ball
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take your eye off the ball — take (your) eye off the ball keep (your) eye on the ball to give your attention to what you are doing all the time. If you re a manager, you can t afford to take your eye off the ball for one minute … New idioms dictionary
take your eye off the ball — take your eye off the ˈball idiom to stop giving your attention to what is most important Main entry: ↑eyeidiom … Useful english dictionary
take your eye off the ball — If someone takes their eye off the ball, they don t concentrate on something important that they should be looking at. If you take your eye off the ball, you don t pay attention to something when you should be and miss something important.… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take eye off the ball — take (your) eye off the ball keep (your) eye on the ball to give your attention to what you are doing all the time. If you re a manager, you can t afford to take your eye off the ball for one minute … New idioms dictionary
take one's eye off the ball — verb To lose ones concentration on what is most important. One of the keys to success in business is never to take your eye off the ball. Ant: keep ones eye on the ball … Wiktionary
keep one's eye on the ball — verb To maintain ones concentration fixed on one important theme. My ethos has always been to be very straight with people, tell it as it is. It doesnt often make people happy but I found that over a period of time its better to be that way. So… … Wiktionary
ball — Ⅰ. ball [1] ► NOUN 1) a solid or hollow sphere, especially one that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game. 2) a single throw or kick of the ball in a game. 3) N. Amer. a game played with a ball, especially baseball. ► VERB ▪ squeeze or form into a… … English terms dictionary
eye — eye1 [ aı ] noun count *** ▸ 1 body part for seeing ▸ 2 expression on someone s face ▸ 3 for saying someone is looking ▸ 4 hole in needle ▸ 5 calm center of storm ▸ 6 spot on potato ▸ 7 part that hook fits into ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) one of the two… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
eye — I UK [aɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms eye : singular eye plural eyes *** 1) a) one of the two body parts in your face that you use for seeing Close your eyes and go to sleep. He gazed into her eyes as she spoke. The suspect is in his… … English dictionary
eye*/*/*/ — [aɪ] noun [C] I 1) one of the two parts of your face that you use for seeing Close your eyes and go to sleep.[/ex] He gazed into her eyes as she spoke.[/ex] He has blond hair and blue eyes.[/ex] 2) used for talking about the expression on someone … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
