To Catch Someone´s Eye
Atrapar tu mirada
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Meaning:
To attract someone´s attention, to find someone attractive, to make eye contact with somebody else for the first time.
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Origin:
If you catch someone´s eye, that means that your sight aims at that person. Originally, this idiom was used with the intention of saying that somebody else was the focus of your attention for whatever reason it might be. Nowadays, the meaning of this idiom has extended into romance to tell that you have a crush on someone else, your romantic pursuit.
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