open one's eyes

Idioms and Phrases

Become or make someone aware of the truth of a situation, as in It's time you opened your eyes to the politics of this office , or The trip to Zimbabwe opened her eyes to the difficulties faced by developing nations . [Second half of 1800s]

Example Sentences

Not only will the opportunity to meet such successful personalities and to attend their lectures and seminars be very inspiring for my own research career, it will also open one's eyes to a wide spectrum of open questions in many different areas of science.

From Scientific American

Botany and geology, chemistry, zo�logy, and astronomy open one's eyes to the beauties and marvels of God's handiwork, and disclose analogies abounding and true.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the air was so thick with fine snow, driven along by the furious storm, that it became very difficult to breathe and almost impossible to open one's eyes even for a moment.

From Project Gutenberg

It is enough to read the papers, and open one's eyes, in order to feel willing to shout along with the French college students: "Power to the imagination!"

From Time Magazine Archive

I think the fewer books we take the better; they take up room,—and the wise way always seemed to me to read at home, and open one’s eyes and see abroad.

From Project Gutenberg

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