He certainly did his colleagues in the eye when he got the boss's approval.
他得到了老板的夸奖,却也得罪了同事。
That can be seen with half an eye.
约略一看便一目了然。
see with half an eye that-clauseI could see with half an eye that the deal would be detrimental to the company.
我一眼就能看出,这笔买卖会给公司造成损失的。