Phrase of the Week: ‘See Eye to Eye’

Phrase of the Week: ‘See Eye to Eye’

To see eye to eye with someone means to agree with them; to think alike; to have similar opinions or viewpoints.

 

Examples:

“They finally saw eye to eye on the business deal.”

Or

‘My brother and I do not always see eye to eye’

While many idioms are relatively new, the origin of the idiom ‘see eye to eye’ is quite old; in fact it’s ancient! The idiom is thought to derive from the Bible, in the book of Isaiah, 52:8:

“Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.”

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