Idiom
can't stand the sight of
Meaning
To hate vehemently; to really despise.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I can't stand the sight of that messy room.”
“After their bitter argument, he told me he simply can't stand the sight of his former business partner.”
“The disgraced politician realized that the public could no longer stand the sight of him, forcing his immediate resignation from office.”
Examples
simple
“I can't stand the sight of that messy room.”
contextual
“After their bitter argument, he told me he simply can't stand the sight of his former business partner.”
complex
“The disgraced politician realized that the public could no longer stand the sight of him, forcing his immediate resignation from office.”
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