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had the sun in one's eyes

had the sun in one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of have the sun in one's eyes.

Meaning of have the sun in one's eyes

Verb

have the sun in one's eyes (third-person singular simple present has the sun in one's eyes, present participle having the sun in one's eyes, simple past and past participle had the sun in one's eyes)

  1. To have difficulty seeing because of bright sunlight shining directly at one's eyes.
  2. (slang) To be drunk.
    • "What happened to the old man?" he said.
      "He got the sun in his eyes."
      "I don't believe it. The old man really drunk? He don't get drunk."2004, James Lee Burke, The Lost Get-Back Boogie, page 182

Questions about had the sun in one's eyes

What is had the sun in one's eyes the simple past and past participle of?
Had the sun in one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of have the sun in one's eyes.

Words near had the sun in one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. had the law of
  2. had the painters in
  3. had the pas of someone
  4. had the pleasure
  5. had the right time
  6. had the sun in one's eyes
  7. had the tiger by the tail
  8. had the wind up
  9. had the wolf by the ear
  10. had the world by the bag
  11. had the world by the balls

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