Meanings
- figurativelyKeen eyesight; sharp insight.
Over the course of the award season, with a razor eye on every single look that showed up, we collated our nominees in categories such as Best Tuxedo, or Best Footwear. Now that the season is over, it’s time to hand out the accolades.
2024 March 31, Nina Miyashita, “All the best fits from the entire 2024 awards season, according to GQ”, in GQ Australia1 more example
In the evening’s other works, “P-Funk,” “Continuum,” “March of the Antmen” and “Students of the Asphalt Jungle,” Mr. [Rennie] Harris shows his razor eye for threading virtuosic moves — the back flips, the aerials, the head spins, oh my! — into a tapestry of elegantly fluid popping and locking or simple walking patterns.
2014 January 31, Gia Kourlas, “For a Silky Hip-Hop Romeo, a Juliet of His Own Making”, in The New York Times
Origin
A metaphor referring to the sharpness of a razor.
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