in the public eye

Meaning

1. well known to many people through newspapers and television

   She doesn't want her children growing up in the public eye.

In the movies · 2

• We gotta make sure this one does not get out in the public eye, so keep it tight.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009
• Now Mr. Hale's returned, there is hope, I think - for if he bring even one of these to God, that confession surely damns the others in the public eye, and none may doubt more that they are all linked to Hell.The Crucible2014
• the public's eye.Auto Focus2002
• Recently, a man returned to the public eye...Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 22013

Learn it in full scenes

• The Crucible2014
  • Parris Demands the Truth From Abigail
  • Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft
  • Abigail Threatens the Girls
• Auto Focus2002
  • Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom
  • Anne Confronts Bob About the Magazines
  • Bob Meets the VTR Salesman

From the same entry

• go public
• be common knowledge
• in public
• wash your dirty linen in public

More idioms

• not for a minute
• play hard to get
• step out of line
• the ins and outs
• there is more to than meets the eye
• throw under the bus
• what makes tick
• in private
• a world of difference
• at the back of your mind
• be asking for trouble
• every bit as good