eye opener
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈaɪ ˌoʊpənər/
:
revelación
- A true eye opener!
So the boot camp was, it was an eye opener too, you really was.
- So the boot camp was, it was an eye opener too, you really was.
- But, but yeah, I mean, it was, it was, it was an eye opener.
- I think another like real eye opener was when they banned the hashtag natural immunity from Instagram.
- Here's here's the actual eye opener that most people have no idea.
Examples
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It was also an eye opener for me; the doctor's office had two waiting rooms, one for whites and one for "colored."
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The chart about Black women and the wage gap was a huge eye opener for me.
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And I think it's an eye opener for for many people.
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I mean, it was an eye opener to me.
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And what an eye opener.
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Talk about an eye opener.
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This month's topic has really been an eye opener.
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"Three months later, he is quoted as saying, "It has been an eye opener."
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It was indeed an eye opener.
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The eye opener for me was the passage of the Credit Card Act in 2009.
Synonyms
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1.0
An event that happens suddenly and is not expected
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5.0
A surprising fact that people did not know before
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6.1
A piece of news that is very surprising and shocks people
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6.6
A sudden clear idea that gives you new understanding
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4.4
An experience that makes you see something in a new way
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3.8
An event when something surprising and important is made known after waiting
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7.4
A thing that is very surprising and amazes you
Antonyms
How Surprising
Surface Forms
Morphology
eye + opener
The compound 'eye opener' can be parsed as something that 'opens the eyes' — i.e. awakens, stimulates, or surprises — so there is a clear metaphorical link to revival or stimulation. However, the specific conventionalized use to mean an early alcoholic drink (or more generally a stimulant) is lexicalized and requires pragmatic or cultural knowledge, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words may infer a related sense but not reliably the exact drink sense without exposure.
Etymology
The phrase eye opener may come from the image of something that makes you open your eyes wide in surprise. That's why an eye opener means 'an event or fact that suddenly makes you see something in a new way'.