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tancredo
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Can anyone help me?
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Hi, dear colleagues, can we say: " I can´t take my eyes out of you? or should we say as in the song: " Can�t take my eyes off of you" as I read in the lyrics? Thank you. |
29 Sep 2020
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inna_solo
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Hi! �Take (one�s) eyes off (of) someone or something� is an idiom. Thus, you can�t say �I can´t take my eyes OUT OF you�. However, you can slightly modify the phrase by omitting the preposition �of�. Thus, you can say either �I can�t take my eyes off of you� or �I can�t take my eyes off you�. |
29 Sep 2020
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savilla
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Inna is right. A bit off-topic but another eye-related idiom is �only have eyes for�. For example, �she only has eyes for Bart� means that she doesn�t pay attention to anybody else; only Bart. That is, she is only interested in or attracted to Bart. |
29 Sep 2020
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cunliffe
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I don�t like the �off of� bit. I think it�s an Americanism, but there is no need for the �of�. Just: I can�t take my eyes off you.� Another related idiom is �to have a good eye for.� She has a good eye for colour = she chooses nice colours. The idiom: to take someone�s eyes out means to rip them off, cheat them of money. |
30 Sep 2020
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tancredo
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Hi, everybody! What I really wanted to know is if the sentence " can�t take my eyes out of you" can be used to mean " I can�t stop looking at you" Thank you very much. |
30 Sep 2020
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karagozian
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I can� t take my eyes off you. |
30 Sep 2020
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Cariboo
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Your question made me think back to my younger years and this song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWHZxXuJFzw
It happens quite often that I think of a song a title or a sentence to solve a grammatical problem. Well the choreography is not great but ...very catchy song ... |
30 Sep 2020
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tancredo
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Thank you! Cariboo, I loved the two boys acompanying the singer! Very spontaneous...  However, my question remains unanswered. I understood that "I can�t take my eyes off you" means I can�t stop looking at you . But , please, native people, tell me: Is it WRONG to say " I can�t take my eyes out of you"? Does it mean anything else or doesn�t it make any sense at all? |
30 Sep 2020
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TeacherARG
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Tancredo, I�m not a native speaker but I think I can help you. The answer is NO. "Take out" means "remove from a place" (There are other meanings). So if you took your eyes out, you�d be blind. What they�ve been telling you is that there is an idiomatic expression for the meaning you want to convey. |
30 Sep 2020
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Jayho
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Hi Tancredo I�m a native speaker Is it WRONG to say " I can�t take my eyes out of you"? - Yes Does it mean anything else - No or doesn�t it make any sense at all? - It doesn�t make any sense at all Cheers Jayho
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30 Sep 2020
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