meet eye

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   if you meet sb's eye (s), you look directly at them as they look at you; if two people's eyes meet, they look directly at each other

   Julian won't meet my eye.

   I don't know what Oppenheimer said to him that day, but Einstein wouldn't even meet my eye.

In the movies · 3

• Oh, come Be the first On your block To meet his eyeAladdin2019
• Julian won't meet my eye.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• I don't know what Oppenheimer said to him that day, but Einstein wouldn't even meet my eye.Oppenheimer2023
• but Einstein wouldn't even meet my eye.Oppenheimer2023
• There's more to him than meets the eye.Gone Girl2014
• "There's a lot more than meets the eye with you." Stupid.Transformers2007
• Oh, be quiet, there's more here that meets the eye.The Age of Adaline2015
• More to life than meets the eye, Landor, I admit.The Pale Blue Eye2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Aladdin2019
  • The Mariner Tells Aladdin's Story
  • Aladdin's One Jump Ahead Chase
  • Aladdin Shares His Rooftop Home
• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
  • Ensler Lets the Witness Talk
  • Ensler Corners the Witness
  • Tessa Comes Home After the Win
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• meet halfway
• meet your Maker
• there is more to than meets the eye
• make ends meet
• find your match
• where the rubber meets the road
• never the twain shall meet
• meet up
• meet with
• meet with
• meet with