public eye
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈpʌblɪk aɪ/
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atención pública
- Living in the public eye can be challenging, as every aspect of your life is scrutinized by the media.
- issues in the public eye
And so I I'm enjoying like her, her slow just like breakdown in the public eye.
- And so I I'm enjoying like her, her slow just like breakdown in the public eye.
- And then I got into the public eye and I was sort of like, it's so intense.
- And literally the CIA set up shop there to build this plane away from the public eye.
- And as someone who's in the public eye, I should know better.
- 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.
- You're in the news, you're in the public eye.
- And you've lived your life in the public eye as well.
- It was more when we were in the public eye being photographed doing lots of photo shoots.
- 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.
- No, it's part of becoming someone who's in the public eye.
- John created every single look himself, and he'd been out of the public eye for a while.
- Like I'm, you know, I'm a doctor in the public eye.
- They were just doing, they were doing things that were fundamentally unserious in the public eye.
Examples
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And as someone who's in the public eye, I should know better.
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In the public eye, the Trades Union Congress is linked with British politics and industrial relations.
Academic text (2011) -
And so being in the public eye, in one way, it actually helps me put my best foot forward.
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Some of whom wish to remain out of the public eye.
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Gentlemen, it is time we brought this cause into the public eye.
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Now you will be very much in the public eye, and you must be careful.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm sure that life in the public eye has sometimes been tough on his family.
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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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I'm in the public eye, and as you know, when you are in the public eye, image is everything, isn't it?
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We need Brody in the public eye, reminding America that this is far from over.
Synonyms
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3.5
Public attention focused on a person or issue
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3.7
A person or thing that gets attention from many people
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4.5
Public attention when someone is the center of interest
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3.7
Seen and talked about by many people
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5.5
Getting a lot of public attention
Antonyms
How Much Attention
- Literature
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2.7
208
3.5
56
4.0
55
4.4
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7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the focus of public attention' is directly derivable from combining 'public' (the people) with 'eye' (observation or gaze): it literally conveys being in the public's view. This compositional pattern is conceptually straightforward and found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase public eye comes from a simple picture: public means the people and eye means watching, so it's like being looked at by many people. So, to be in the public eye means 'to be watched by lots of people'.