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Hello everyone, welcome to this new French video.

Today, we're going to take a look at four French expressions for eyes.

I know you love learning new expressions. Today, we're going to look at four that are directly related to eyes.

The first, which I've been asked to comment on, is simply "my eye". It's a colloquial expression, best used with friends, family and colleagues you're close to.

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Then my eye. It's often accompanied by this gesture. My eye. You put your finger right here. My eye.

This expression, it's a bit ironic, so it's not to be taken at face value, it means "but of course!"

You want to show that you don't believe what someone tells you. You don't believe what the person you're talking to tells you.

You don't believe what she says. You're not stupid. You're not gullible. You know it's not true. You know she's lying. Here's some context. I think you'll understand right away.

Laura has a big house in Paris and a Ferrari. And she tells me she earns minimum wage. My eye! As I was saying, we're going to use it to show that we don't believe in anything. For us, it's not true.

The second expression isn't really colloquial; it's more common, neutral language. This expression is "having your eyes bigger than your stomach".

We use this expression to say that we've taken on more food, for example, we've ordered more food than we can actually fit into our stomachs.

We had the impression, for example, that we were very hungry. And in the end, our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. I ordered three burgers because I was so hungry, and I could only eat one. My eyes were bigger than my stomach.

The third expression is also more neutral, more common. It's "to do something with your eyes closed". When you do something with your eyes closed, it means you're able to do it automatically.

Even with your eyes closed, you could do it, you don't think, you don't hesitate. I could change the wheel on my car with my eyes closed. You can also use eyes closed to say that you trust someone or something completely. I trust him with my eyes closed.

So this person has my full trust. For example, I can say I trust my daughter to her nanny with my eyes closed. She has all my trust.

And finally, the fourth expression we're going to look at today is a colloquial one, so again, best used with your nearest and dearest. It's "to poke in the eye". Tapping... knocking. It's as if something or someone hits the eye. You can say it for an object or a person.

We use it to say that we really liked someone or something.

A dress in this boutique caught my eye. I think I'll buy it. You liked this dress a lot, you flashed on it, we can also say in French.

It's also a colloquial expression, but it's a synonym for "to poke in the eye".

This boy really caught my eye. I'm going to ask him out for a drink. You were seduced by this boy, by his appearance. You liked him.

That's it for today. I hope you enjoyed these expressions.

We saw two colloquial and two more common language so that you can really expand, enrich your vocabulary.

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