in someone's eyes

prepositional phrase

Shining very brightly and directly at the face so that it is difficult to see because one is blinded by the light.

“That's rude and obnoxious in my eyes.”

Similar
in someone's viewby one's lightsto one's mindin one's opinion
OriginMiddle English in his eye →
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  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.

    1 more example

    I lost my night vision for ten minutes because Kevin stupidly shone his flashlight right in my eyes.

  2. figurativelyAccording to someone's subjective point of view.

    That's rude and obnoxious in my eyes.

    2 more examples

    In her eyes, there's nothing wrong with a cloud of cannabis smoke on a busy public beach.

    And Ornan ſaide vnto Dauid, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 21:23, column 1

    Synonyms: in someone's view, by one's lights, to one's mind, in one's opinion

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseAccording to someone's subjective point of view.

Similar
in someone's viewby one's lightsto one's mindin one's opinion
Also see
according to one's understandingby one's lightsin one's bookin someone's viewto one's mind

Origin

  1. Middle Englishin his eye
  2. Englishin someone's eyes

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

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Translations

Finnish mielestä
  • mielestä(figurative) according to someone's point of view
French aux yeux de
  • aux yeux de(figurative) according to someone's point of view
German in jmds. Augen, aus jmds. Sicht
  • in jmds. Augen(figurative) according to someone's point of view
  • aus jmds. Sicht(figurative) according to someone's point of view
  • jmds. Ansicht nach(figurative) according to someone's point of view
Hindi किसी की नज़र में
  • किसी की नज़र में (kisī kī nazar mẽ)(figurative) according to someone's point of view
Tamil கண்ணில், பார்வையில்
  • கண்ணில் (kaṇṇil)(figurative) according to someone's point of view
  • பார்வையில் (pārvaiyil)(figurative) according to someone's point of view
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Chicago

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