Idiom
need one's eyes checked
Meaning
To be seeing things (having visual hallucinations).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need your eyes checked if you think that cat is talking.”
“If you really believe you saw a ghost in the hallway, you might need your eyes checked.”
“The witness insisted she saw a figure vanish into thin air, prompting the detective to suggest that she perhaps needed her eyes checked.”
Examples
simple
“You need your eyes checked if you think that cat is talking.”
contextual
“If you really believe you saw a ghost in the hallway, you might need your eyes checked.”
complex
“The witness insisted she saw a figure vanish into thin air, prompting the detective to suggest that she perhaps needed her eyes checked.”
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