eye in the sky
Aerial surveillance system
An eye in the sky is a surveillance camera or aircraft monitoring activity from above.
Casinos use eyes in the sky to watch for cheating.
Police helicopters and drones serve as eyes in the sky during pursuits or crowd control.
The phrase evokes omniscient observation: With all these eyes in the sky, there's no hiding anymore.
- skyVisible overhead expanse
- high altitudeGreat distance upward
- border securityMonitoring national entry points
- cameraImage capturing device
- surveillance stateGovernment that watches all
satellite · Google Earth · drone · all-seeing eye · CCTV · radar · omniscience · private eye · disaster response · divine vision · sensor · spy plane · wildlife tracking · military reconnaissance · aerial surveillance · motion detector · bird's-eye view · watching from above
- watcherswatcher, birdwatchers, watchman, lookout, sports fans
- casino peoplecasino dealer, poker dealer, floor supervisor, floorman, casino host
- lookoutslookout, watchtower, crow's nest, observation post, guard tower
- blackjackblackjack, 21, twenty-one, hit, stand
eye in the skyboots on the ground
Military presence in area
foot patrol · undercover agent · plainclothes officer · mole · street patrol
eye in the skyblind spot
Area of blocked perception
off the grid · dead zone · privacy · invisibility · darkness
eye in the skyblindness
Absence of vision
ignorance · obliviousness · unseeing · cosmic indifference · tunnel vision
eyes, eyed, eyeing, eyeless, eyelet, skyward, skyline, skylight