ПОЛОЖИТЬ ГЛАЗ

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[VP; subj: human (more often male)]

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⇒ to become actively interested in s.o., pay special attention to s.o. (often in refer, to one's being physically attracted to s.o. and desiring an intimate relationship with him or her):

- X (давно) положил глаз на Y-a ≈ X took notice (note) of Y (quite a while ago);

- X has been keeping an eye on Y (for quite a while);

- [in refer, to one's being physically attracted to s.o.] X has had his eye on Y (for quite a while);

- X took a fancy to Y (quite a while ago);

- X has had a yen for Y (for quite a while).

♦ А Иосиф вернулся из армии в семнадцатом, и вот рядом красивая молодая солдатка без мужа, Иосиф, естественно, положил на неё глаз...(Рыбаков 1). Now, Yosif came back from the army in 1917, and there, living right next door, was a soldier's pretty young wife, minus a husband. Naturally, Yosif had his eye on her (1a).

♦ "Всё бы ничего, да один обехэсник [from ОБХС - Отдел борьбы с хищениями и спекуляцией] на меня глаз положил" (Максимов 3). "Everything would have been all right if this cop from the embezzlement and illegal trading department hadn't taken a fancy to me" (3a).

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