Г-53

ГЛАЗА НА ЗАТЫЛКЕ у кого coll, humor VP subj. with бытье, pres only)

1. (in refer, to an inattentive, absent-minded person) s.o. is not watching, paying attention to what he is doing or what is going on around him: у X-a глаза на затылке = X is out of it

X's mind is somewhere else

(in questions only) у тебя что, глаза на затылке? - what, are you daydreaming (woolgathering)?

2. s.o. notices everything happening around him, does not miss anything: у X-a глаза на затылке \Г-53 X has eyes in the back of his head

X doesn't miss a trick.