"You mean like throwing dirt in the guy's eyes and stuff like that?"

A common example is the Sandman, who at night would throw sand in kid's eyes if they were not asleep.

"So someone really wanted to throw sand in our eyes."

He can have them throw acid in your eyes.

To make the blind see I throw dust in their eyes.

Anything other than these is, in America, dust thrown in your eyes.

So he played dirty and threw something in her eyes.

When she threw salt in your eyes, I could have killed her.

"I don't believe in throwing salt in people's eyes," he said.

Or why not throw dust in beholders' eyes as they enter the gallery?