give an eye to someone—look after a person; give attention to smb.:
- Now go into the garden and give an eye to the children.
give someone the eye—
1. (also: give someone the big eye) look at a person with an open display of romantic interest:
- He was standing over by the bar and kept giving me the eye.
2. look at smb. in a way that shows that one is angry with that person:
- It was time to go—Dave was tired and I was sure the nurse was giving me the eye.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase give someone the eyeroll—roll one’s eyes upward in annoyance at what another person is saying:
- It does make my doctor give me the eyeroll sometimes, but he understands me very well.