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have an eye for [something]

To be particularly perceptive or discriminating in a certain discipline or activity, especially an aesthetic one. I just don't have an eye for design, so I need you to help me pick out paint colors.See also: eye, have

have an eye for someone or something

Fig. to have a taste or an inclination for someone or something. Bob has an eye for beauty. He has an eye for color.See also: eye, have

have an eye for

1. Be discriminating or perceptive about something, as in She has an eye for decorating. [c. 1700]
2. have eyes for. Also, have eyes only for. Be attracted to or desire someone or something [exclusively]. For example, It's obvious she has eyes for him, or He has eyes only for the top award. [Early 1800s] See also: eye, have

have an eye for

be able to recognize, appreciate, and make good judgements about a particular thing. 2003 Observer Europe's oldest continually inhabited city is Cádiz, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 bc , but those wily Phoenicians, with an eye for a good setting, founded Malaka further along the Andalucian coast a few hundred years later in 800 bc . See also: eye, have

See also:

• have an eye for [something]
• have an eye for something
• do [one] in the eye
• do someone in the eye
• big eye
• have [one's]/an eye out for [someone or something]
• eye to eye
• give [one] the eye
• give someone the eye
• give the eye

have an eye for

have good taste in something, be able to judge correctly She has an eye for nice furniture and her apartment is absolutely beautiful.

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v. phr. To be able to judge correctly of; have good taste in. She has an eye for color and style in clothes. He has an eye for good English usage.