eye up

reluquer, regarder avec envie

Regarder attentivement quelqu’un ou quelque chose, souvent parce qu’on le désire.

En anglais simple : To look carefully at someone or something, often because you want them or it.

• He was eyeing up the cake.
• She eyed up a red dress in the window.
• Are you eyeing up the last piece of pizza?

Comment l'utiliser : eye someone/something up (She eyed the new jacket up.)

Synonymes : eye, check out, look over

Expressions courantes : eye up someone, eye up something, eye something up

estimer à vue d’œil

Évaluer une taille ou une distance simplement en regardant, sans mesurer ni vérifier précisément.

En anglais simple : To judge something by looking at it, without carefully measuring or testing it.

• Just eye up the gap.
• He eyed up the shelf before cutting the wood.
• Can you eye up the distance without using a ruler?

Synonymes : eyeball, estimate by eye

Expressions courantes : eye up something, eye up the gap