Keep Your Eyes on the Prize In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Katie Anh calendar 2022-05-18 11:05

Meaning of Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Synonyms:

give (one's) mind to (something)

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize spoken language verb phrase

The phrase came from a folk song popular during the American Civil.

To concentrate on attaining a particular goal or award.

She studied very hard, keeping her eye on the prize of receiving that scholarship.

You've been trying your best for three months. There's less than one week until the competition takes place. Keep your eyes on the prize!

Keep your eyes on the prize by asking yourself why you're here in the first place.

You've been preparing for the World Cup the whole year. Keep your eye on the prize.

Other phrases about:

have (someone or something) in (one's) sights

1.To have one's gun aimed at someone or something

2.To consider someone or something as one's goal 

get down to cases

To start working on something seriously or determinedly; to start doing what needs to be done

lower (one's) sights

To accept what is lower than your hope or your goals

set your sights on something/on doing something

Have a strong ambition to achieve something

give (one's) mind to (something)

To focus on something and determine to do it.
 

Grammar and Usage of Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Verb Forms

  • to keep your eyes on the prize
  • Keeps Your Eyes on the Prize
  • Be Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize
  • Kept Your Eyes on the Prize

The verb "keep" should be conjugated with its tense.

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these things are sent to try us

This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.

Example:

I have some troubles with my projects recently, but I know these things are sent to try us.

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