scales fall from someone's eyesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

scales fall from someone's eyes (三人称単数 現在形 scales fall from someone's eyes, 現在分詞 scales falling from someone's eyes, 過去形 scales fell from someone's eyes, 過去分詞 scales have fallen from someone's eyes)

1. To be 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.

Further reading

• “the scales fall from someone's eyes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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