in someone's eyes

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English in his eye, in his eyen.

Prepositional phrase

in someone's eyes

  1. Shining very brightly and directly at the face so that it is difficult to see because one is blinded by the light.
    He couldn't see the traffic light because the sun was in his eyes.
    I lost my night vision for ten minutes because Kevin stupidly shone his flashlight right in my eyes.
  2. (figuratively) According to someone's subjective point of view.
    Synonyms: in someone's view, by someone's lights, to someone's mind, in someone's opinion; see also Thesaurus:in my opinion
    In her eyes, there's nothing wrong with a cloud of cannabis smoke on a busy public beach.
    That's rude and obnoxious in my eyes.

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