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scales fall from someone's eyes

scales fall from someone's eyes phrase: someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly.

Phrase

scales fall from someone's eyes

  1. Someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly.
    • In government, meanwhile, Theresa May is the first home secretary in memory not to have appeared petrified of the police, while for many in her party, Plebgate was the moment at which the scales fell from their eyes as far as the cops were concerned.2015 August 7, Marina Hyde, “Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral”, in The Guardian

Origin of scales fall from someone's eyes

From Acts 9:18.

Questions about scales fall from someone's eyes

What does scales fall from someone's eyes mean?
Scales fall from someone's eyes means someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly.
What part of speech is scales fall from someone's eyes?
Scales fall from someone's eyes is a phrase.

Words near scales fall from someone's eyes in the dictionary

  1. Scaleras
  2. scalers
  3. scales
  4. scales back
  5. scales down
  6. scales fall from someone's eyes
  7. scales off
  8. scales out
  9. scales up
  10. scaleseed
  11. scaleseeds

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