open (your) eyes (to (something))

to cause you to understand or be interested in something.

Working with disabled children opened my eyes to how hard they work to do things most of us do so easily.

• have the time of your life
• have the upper hand
• have the weight of the world on shoulders
• have the weight of the world on your shoulders
• have the whip hand
• have the world at feet
• have the world at your feet
• have time
• have time on hands
• have time on side
• have time on your hands
• have time on your side
• have to be seen to be believed
• have to eat words
• have to eat your words
• have to hand it to
• have to hand it to someone
• have to show for
• have to show for something
• have to spare
• have two pennies to rub together
• have up sleeve
• have up your sleeve
• have wicked way with
• have wicked way with someone