глаз набит

• ГЛАЗ НАМЕТАН <НАБИТ> чей, у кого, в чём, на чём; НАМЕТАННЫЙ ГЛАЗ (у кого) all coll

[these forms only (variants with short-form Part; NP, sing only (var. with long-form Part; VPsubj with copula (all variants) or subj or indir obj (last var.)]

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⇒ s.o. has experience and skill in some area and can easily evaluate things within that area (with regard to their classification, worth etc) just by looking at them:

- у X-a (в Y-e) глаз намётан{{}}≈ X has a trained (practiced, experienced) eye;

- X has an eye (a good eye) for Y.

     ♦ "У моряка намётанный глаз, и притом наган на шнуре. Он сразу видит - имущий класс... Матрос хвать наган и хлоп его [доктора] как муху" (Пастернак 1). "A sailor has a trained eye and a gun. He takes a look at him [the doctor] and what does he see? A member of the propertied classes. ...He pulls out his gun-and goodbye" (1a).

     ♦ Намётанным глазом сразу вижу: умрёт к вечеру (Гинзбург 2). With my practiced eye I could see immediately that he would be dead by evening (2a).

     ♦ Тут только дядя Сандро обратил внимание на то, что сидящие за столом уже порядочно выпили. Теперь он присмотрелся к ним своим намётанным глазом и определил, что выпито уже по двенадцать-тринадцать фужеров (Искандер 3). Only now did Uncle Sandro turn his attention to the fact that those sitting at the table had had a great deal to drink. Now he trained his experienced eye on them and determined that they had already consumed twelve to thirteen glasses apiece (3a).