in the public eye
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3.7
- idiom
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en el centro de atención
- I'm sure that life in the public eye has sometimes been tough on his family.
- keep in the public eye
And as someone who's in the public eye, I should know better.
- And as someone who's in the public eye, I should know better.
- You're in the news, you're in the public eye.
- It was more when we were in the public eye being photographed doing lots of photo shoots.
- And you've lived your life in the public eye as well.
- No, it's part of becoming someone who's in the public eye.
- These are very real problems that are being distorted in the public eye.
- No, I've, I've never lied about who I am the whole time I've been in, in the public eye.
- I feel like unless you're a person in the public eye, let's just take like a Twitch streamer, OK?
- And I just want to open it up by saying, like, I really relate growing up in the public eye.
- And because of his history, I have a problem trusting him and trust is really easily broken, especially in the public eye.
- And I think that's harder for them because I am seen in the public eye so much.
- You know, they, they tend to not be in the public eye.
- It's very important being in the public eye.
- My role is to survive and thrive in the public eye.
- How have you found talking about that in the public eye?
- Now again, it just so happened that I was in the public eye and I had that choice.
Examples
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Now you will be very much in the public eye, and you must be careful.
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And as someone who's in the public eye, I should know better.
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And so being in the public eye, in one way, it actually helps me put my best foot forward.
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His mark was anybody who made their living in the public eye.
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You will be in the public eye.
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Do you really think you can work as a doctor when you are so much in the public eye?
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I've been, I guess, in the public eye for a few years trying to help people improve their health.
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Lately you've been putting yourself more in the public eye.
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With the all-star vote coming up, we need to get you back in the public eye looking clean and sober.
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As a celebrity chef, he is constantly in the public eye, making him a role model for aspiring cooks.
Synonyms
130
3.6
A job or position that gets a lot of public attention
45
3.7
A person or thing that gets attention from many people
12
5.5
Getting a lot of public attention
Antonyms
How Famous
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3.2
∞
1.0
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3.7
2
1.0
34
7.3
629
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'well known / under public attention' is directly derivable from combining 'in' (within), 'the public' (the collective people) and 'eye' (metaphorical gaze or attention) — i.e. being within the public's gaze. This simple perceptual metaphor is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
In the public eye comes from the simple picture of someone standing where everyone can see them, as if they are in the public's eye. That's why the phrase means being 'well known' or 'watched closely' by people.