keep half an eye

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Itasan
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keep half an eye

Post by Itasan » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:25 am

"He kept half an eye on the house as he worked."
I wonder what this means. Is he a carpenter?
He is not working seriously?

Thank you.

blackmagicABC
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Post by blackmagicABC » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:18 pm

He is not really watching the house. He is doing whatever work he does, and as an extra keeping an eye on the house but not with the same amount of effort.

Itasan
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Post by Itasan » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:27 am

Thank you very much, blackmagic.

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