Idiom
believe one's eyes
Meaning
To believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I could not believe my eyes when I saw the huge cake.”
“When he walked into the room and saw the surprise party, he could not believe his eyes.”
“Standing before the ancient, crumbling ruins of the lost city, the explorer found it difficult to believe his eyes.”
Examples
simple
“I could not believe my eyes when I saw the huge cake.”
contextual
“When he walked into the room and saw the surprise party, he could not believe his eyes.”
complex
“Standing before the ancient, crumbling ruins of the lost city, the explorer found it difficult to believe his eyes.”
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