eye up

mirar con interés, echar el ojo a

Mirar detenidamente a alguien o algo, a menudo porque te atrae o lo deseas.

En inglés sencillo: To look carefully at someone or something, often because you want them or it.

• He was eyeing up the cake.
• She eyed up a red dress in the window.
• Are you eyeing up the last piece of pizza?

Cómo se usa: eye someone/something up (She eyed the new jacket up.)

Sinónimos: eye, check out, look over

Expresiones frecuentes: eye up someone, eye up something, eye something up

calcular a ojo

Calcular el tamaño o la distancia de algo con solo mirarlo, sin medirlo ni comprobarlo cuidadosamente.

En inglés sencillo: To judge something by looking at it, without carefully measuring or testing it.

• Just eye up the gap.
• He eyed up the shelf before cutting the wood.
• Can you eye up the distance without using a ruler?

Sinónimos: eyeball, estimate by eye

Expresiones frecuentes: eye up something, eye up the gap