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This happens as soon as I take my eyes off you with 目を離す

Idiom Explanation: Averting one's attention with 目を離す

Manga panel from 名探偵コナン showing example of This happens as soon as I take my eyes off you with 目を離す.
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During a trip on a train, Conan accidentally overhears that there is a bomb on the train, and it’s set to go off. Conan tries to follow the criminals as they disembark, but Ran stops him at the exit door.

コナン:
「あーーー」
“Ah...!”
蘭(らん):
「もぉ！目(め)を離(はな)すとすぐこれなんだから！」
“Geez! As soon as I take my eyes off you, this happens!”

Key Points

1目(め)を離(はな)す = to take one’s eyes off someone
  • In this scene it means Ran stopped watching Conan closely for a moment.
  • The idiom is about losing visual attention, not literally removing your eyes.
2〜と marks a regular consequence
  • 「目(め)を離(はな)すと すぐ これ」 means “as soon as I take my eyes off you, this happens right away”.
  • 〜と often presents something as the natural or repeated result of the first action.
3これ points to the trouble in front of her
  • これ does not name the problem directly.
  • It works like “this mess again”, relying on the immediate situation for meaning.

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