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How to express something opened my eyes to something in English? I am trying to find a common expression of saying that my eyes have opened after something has happened in my life For an example: I have moved to another country, learned many things about people, their approaches to living, points of view and so forth And this experience has opened my eyes mind widely so I have changed my world view
phrases - What is the literary device for our eyes opened when . . . To open one's eyes is an idiom: to begin to notice or be aware of something important You need to open your eyes and face the truth Merriam-Webster The next step: to open one's eyes to something is to realize something
Infinitive without to: The first thing I do is open my eyes The first thing I do in the morning is open my eyes The first thing I do in the morning is turn off the alarm clock Infinitives without to are used in the following cases:-After modal auxiliary verbs (We can managed it)-After do (I do admit I was wrong)-After certain verbs like let, make, see (They made me wait)
What does the phrase “eyes wide shut” really mean? The original, and extremely common phrase is "Eyes wide open" which broadly means taking in a lot of information or at least being receptive to it From that someone thought is was clever to use the opposite word to make the opposite meaning It was clever at first but over time it became cliche and over used
Opened vs open? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The use of opened indicates a larger history for the object that open entirely ignores *interestingly there is no aorist form of closed To get briefly technical, open can be considered the aorist aspect and opened as the perfect aspect (In actuality open is an adjective, not a verb, and English doesn't use the aorist Nonetheless, I find the
Shut my mouth wide open! - English Language Usage Stack Exchange That was an expression my Dad (now age 93) used when I was growing up in Central Texas I also heard it once in a move made in the late 1930s or early 1940s The actor who said it was a pre-teen African American boy, and it was part of a rhyme that I no longer remember
Flitter vs. Flutter - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Do I say flitter or flutter when referring to the opening of eyes as used in this sentence? Her eyes flittered open as I knocked gently on her door I have read up on three different answers: They are the same and flitter is used less Flutter means something different to flitter, supporting flutter in this context