scales fall from someone's eyes

English

Etymology

From Acts 9:18.[1]

Phrase

scales fall from someone's eyes

  1. Someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly.
    • 2015 August 7, Marina Hyde, “Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      In government, meanwhile, Theresa May is the first home secretary in memory not to have appeared petrified of the police, while for many in her party, Plebgate was the moment at which the scales fell from their eyes as far as the cops were concerned.

Translation

References

  1. ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Acts 9:18: “And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales, and he receiued sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.”

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