open your eyes

open (one's) eyes

1. To see or realize the truth about something. Open your eyes, Stan—they're just using you for cheap labor!
2. To cause one to see or realize the truth about something. The documentary really opened my eyes about the conditions in that country.
See also: eye, open
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

open your eyes

If you open your eyes, you suddenly make an effort to notice things that you had not noticed before. Every city has its problems. You have only to open your eyes to see them.
See also: eye, open
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

open your/somebody’s ˈeyes (to something)

realize or make somebody realize the truth about something: The trip to China really opened our eyes. He opened my eyes to the beauty of poetry. ▶ an ˈeye-opener noun: The programme on police methods was a real eye-opener for me.
See also: eye, open
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • open (one's) eyes
  • open one's eyes
  • open someone's eyes
  • open your/somebody's eyes
  • open eyes
  • open eyes to
  • open (one's) eyes to (someone or something)
  • say it ain't so
  • get real
  • Get real!
References in periodicals archive
I know you can open your eyes." The film shows Naseem, who says he is a freelance risk manager, apparently sleeping in an ambulance later.
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Originally the brainchild of staff at Severn Primary School the first Open Your Eyes Week was held in 2015 with the help and support of nearby businesses.
School visits highlight career advice
The Open Your Eyes Roadshow is touring cities around the country giving people vital information and advice about eye conditions.
RNIB's Open Your Eyes campaign aims to raise awareness of the vital importance of regular eye tests in preventing sight loss as although nine out of ten people fear losing their sight above any other sense, one in three still fails to have regular eye tests.
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But if you are a half-empty person, I urge you to open your eyes and begin to search for casting obstacles that might be confronting your customer.
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The authors hold individuality in high regard, and have produced a fascinating range of ideas that will keep you enthralled and might even open your eyes to something.
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Open your eyes and try to paint what you saw in your mind.
Wassily Kandinsky painting to music
'You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back - or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
'You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back - or you can do what she'd want: 'Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.'
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Playing Angel is Eduardo Noriega, a hot Spanish actor famous for Alejandro Amenabar's Open Your Eyes. (Tom Cruise plays his part in the upcoming U.S.
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Cameron Crowe's remake of Open Your Eyes, with Penelope Cruz reprising the role she played in the original.
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This would be a good time to open your eyes to all the other options out there.
Forever young?
Open your eyes to a new sheer shimmer gloss or color bas
She's a natural