目からウロコ – Vocabulary details

目めからウロコ

Expression

Abbreviation

Idiomatic

1. seeing the light; being awakened to the truth; having the scales fall from one's eyes

eye

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

revelatory

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