Citations:keep a weather eye open
English citations of keep a weather eye open
Maintain a background awareness of
[edit]Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) Treasure Island: “He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my "weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg" and let him know the moment he appeared.”
Harold Stearns (1921) America and the Young Intellectual: “Naturally the politicians keep a weather eye on the Irish vote, but the important thing which the cynics seem not to take into account is”
Drew Racine (1991) Managing Technical Services in the 90's: “While historically it was necessary to keep a "weather eye" on when addition card cabinets would be needed in a given library, the manager now must focus that same "weather eye" on disk support space for the online system.”