in someone's eyes
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2.6
- idiom
:
a los ojos de
- I've seen it in people's eyes.
Examples
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General, allow me to redeem myself in your eyes.
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That kid is public enemy number one in my eyes.
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How is she the monster in your eyes and not James?!
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Everybody put your fake smile on and, whatever you do, don't let her see the fear in your eyes.
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How otherwise to know what power we wield, except to see it in another's eyes?
Fiction book (1993) -
That kid is public enemy number one in my eyes.
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In their eyes, we are not soldiers but rebels in their eyes.
Synonyms
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3.5
What someone or a group thinks about something
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6.0
Looking at something from a certain point of view
How Subjective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase ‘in someone’s eyes’ is a straightforward spatial-to-perspective metaphor: something being ‘in’ a person’s ‘eyes’ maps directly to being within their view or judgment, so a learner who knows 'in', a possessive, and 'eyes' can infer 'in someone's opinion'. This figurative use is common and parallels constructions in many languages, making the expression immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
In someone's eyes comes from the simple image of looking through another person's eyes. When something is seen 'in their eyes', you are seeing or judging it as they do, so the phrase means 'according to someone's opinion'.