Keep your eyes pealed was an expression that always puzzled me for some reason.
That is until I was watching my daughter peal a banana.
Your eyelids are like the skin of the banana. When you peal the banana you remove the barrier to the fruit just like opening your eyelids removes the impediment to your sight.
The fact that the expression is keep them pealed instead of just keep them open makes me think that at sometime in the past there probably was a pealing of the eyelid maybe as a punishment for a watch guard falling asleep or something.
That part is just speculation of course.
Carry on and keep your eyes open for opportunity.
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