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| eye opener
n. Informal
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
eye opener
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| eye opener | |
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| 1. | an alcoholic drink intended to wake one up early in the morning |
| 2. | something surprising and revealing |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈeye-opener noun
something that reveals an unexpected fact etc
Example: Our visit to their office was a real eye-opener — they are so inefficient!
See also: be up to the eyes in, before/under one's very eyes, close one's eyes to, eye, eye-catching, eye-piece, eye-witness, eyeball, eyebrow, eyelash, eyelet, eyelid, eyeshadow, eyesight, eyesore, in the eyes of, keep an eye on, lay/set eyes on, raise one's eyebrows, see eye to eye, with an eye to something, with one's eyes open, "eye opener" in any languageExample: Our visit to their office was a real eye-opener — they are so inefficient!
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Eye opener
Eye opener\ That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink of liquor, esp. the first one in the morning.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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