robber baron »
In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.
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see eye to eye »
To agree with someone; to concur; to get along.
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sight for sore eyes »
A pleasing sight, something that is beautiful to look at.
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smoke signal »
A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.
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snake eyes »
Two ones, after rolling two dice.
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squint like a bag of nails »
To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.
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starry eyed »
natively optimistic
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stars in one's eyes »
The state of being overly or extremely impressed with something; enchanted with romance.
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take one's eye off the ball »
To lose one's concentration on what is most important.
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tit for tat »
Equivalent retribution, an eye for an eye, returning exactly what you get.
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turn a blind eye »
To ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper.
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two cents »
A nearly worthless amount, alluding to placing a copper penny on each of the eyelids of a pauper's or slave's body before burial.
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wipe somebody's eye »
To defeat; to humiliate.
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worm's-eye view »
A view of an object from below, from the ground.
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