Idiom Breakdown

have eyes in the back of one's head

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Definition

To be particularly, especially uncannily, observant, as if able to see in all directions at once.

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Origins

From Latin in occipitio quoque habet oculos ("she has eyes even on the back of her head"), from Plautus, Aulularia (The Pot of Gold), act 1, scene 1.

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In Context

"It's so busy at our office you need eyes in the back of your head to work here!"
"Don't think you can misbehave while I'm cooking dinner. I have eyes in the back of my head."