wipe smb.'s eye

(или the eye of smb.)

   paзг. oпepeдить, oбcкaкaть кoгo-л.; утepeть нoc кoму-л., зaткнуть кoгo-л. зa пoяc That American chap has wiped my eye three times... He shoots at the most impossible birds, but dash it, he hits 'em (J. Galsworthy). He loved to feel that he could triumph where the neighbouring doctors failed and would chuckle over a case where he had 'wiped the eye' of his colleagues (A. J. Cronin)