Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To take one's eyes off: To look away from something or someone one was watching or observing.
   • To avert one's eyes/gaze: To deliberately look away, often out of politeness, discomfort, or distraction.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ấy không dám rời mắt khỏi màn hình máy tính. (He didn't dare take his eyes off the computer screen.)
  • Cô giáo nhắc học sinh không được rời mắt khỏi bài kiểm tra. (The teacher reminded the students not to take their eyes off the test.)
  • Vì quá xấu hổ, cô ấy rời mắt nhìn xuống sàn nhà. (Too embarrassed, she averted her eyes to look at the floor.)

Advanced Usage

• "Không rời mắt": An emphatic phrase meaning "not to take one's eyes off," indicating intense focus or vigilance.
  • Người mẹ trẻ không rời mắt khỏi đứa con sơ sinh. (The young mother did not take her eyes off her newborn baby.)
• "Không thể rời mắt": "Cannot take one's eyes off," used to express being captivated or mesmerized by something.
  • Cảnh hoàng hôn đẹp đến mức tôi không thể rời mắt. (The sunset was so beautiful I couldn't take my eyes off it.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rời (verb): To leave, to depart, to detach.
  • Rời khỏi: To leave (a place).
  • Rời xa: To move far away from.
• Mắt (noun): Eye.
  • Đôi mắt: Eyes (pair of eyes).
  • Ánh mắt: Gaze, look (in someone's eyes).

Synonyms

• Nhìn đi chỗ khác: To look elsewhere.
• Quay đi: To turn away.
• Lơ đãng: To be inattentive, to let one's attention wander (describes a state, not a direct action).

Related Phrases

• Dán mắt vào: To be glued to (something, e.g., a screen, a book). This is an antonymic phrase, indicating fixed attention.
  • Cậu bé dán mắt vào trò chơi điện tử. (The boy was glued to the video game.)
• Đảo mắt: To glance around, to shift one's eyes quickly.

Related Idioms

• Mắt không rời: Eyes do not leave (a literary or emphatic variant of "không rời mắt").
  • Với sự tò mò, anh ta mắt không rời khỏi chiếc hộp bí ẩn. (With curiosity, his eyes did not leave the mysterious box.)

1. Take one's eyes off
   • Không rời mắt
     Not to take one's eyes off