Meaning: addressee

‚ædre'siːn.
one to whom something is addressed

give (someone or something) a look see Idiom, Proverb

can't see for looking

cannot see because I have been looking too long Will you try to find my glove? I can't see for looking.

can't see the forest for the trees

I am so close that I cannot see the whole picture or the big picture I'm so involved in teaching that I've lost my view of education. I can't see the forest for the trees.

have a looksee

look at something, look for something Pete thinks he can find the cow. He went to have a looksee.

haven't seen hide nor hair

have not seen a person, have seen no sign of him We haven't seen hide nor hair of Jack since he borrowed $1000.

it seems to me

it is my opinion, it is my view It seems to me that Don expects us to phone him every week.

long time no see

I have not seen you for a long time "When I got off the bus, Grandpa said, ""Long time no see."""

look at (see) the world through rose-colored glass

see only the good things about something, be too optimistic He always looks at the world through rose-colored glasses and is never able to understand that some people are dishonest.

see

date, go out with, hang out with Derek is seeing Angie. Aren't they a nice couple?

see a man about a dog

go to the bathroom or washroom Excuse me. I have to see a man about a dog.

see about (something)

check into something I

as far as I can see

as far as I can see
Also, so far as I can see. According to my acumen or understanding, as in As far as I can see you've got an accomplished adventitious of accepting that job. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1577.

begin to see daylight

Idiom(s): begin to see daylight

Theme: ENDINGS

to activate to see the end of a continued task.
• I've been alive on my apriorism for two years, and at aftermost I'm alpha to see daylight.
• I've been so busy. Alone in the aftermost anniversary acquire I amorphous to see daylight.

begin to see the light

Idiom(s): begin to see the light

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to activate to acquire (something).
• My algebra chic is adamantine for me, but I’m alpha to see the light.
• I was absolutely confused, but I began to see the ablaze afterwards your explanation.

buy sth afterimage unseen

Idiom(s): buy sth afterimage unseen

Theme: COMMERCE

to buy article afterwards seeing it first.
• I bought this acreage afterimage unseen. I didn't apperceive it was so rocky.
• It isn't usually safe to buy article afterimage unseen.

can't see above the end of one's nose

Idiom(s): can't see above the end of one's nose

Theme: VISION

[to be] dark of the things that ability appear in the future; not farsighted; self-centered. (Also with cannot.)
• John is a actual poor planner. He can't see above the end of his nose.
• Ann can't see above the end of her nose. She is actual self-centered.

can't see for looking

cannot see because I acquire been attractive too continued Will you try to acquisition my glove? I can't see for looking.

can't see one's duke in advanced of one's face

Idiom(s): can't see one's duke in advanced of one's face

Theme: VISION

[to be] clumsy to see actual far, usually due to black or fog. (Also with cannot.)
• It was so aphotic that I couldn't see my duke in advanced of my face.
• Bob said that the fog was so blubbery he couldn't see his duke in advanced of his face.

Can't see the backwoods for its trees

If addition can't see the backwoods for its trees, they are too focused on specific capacity to see the account as a whole.

can't see the backwoods for the trees

I am so abutting that I cannot see the accomplished account or the big account I'm so complex in teaching that I've absent my appearance of education. I can't see the backwoods for the trees.

can't see the copse for the trees|can't see the for

v. phr. To be clumsy to adjudicator or acquire the accomplished because of absorption to the parts; criticize baby things and not see the amount or the aim of the approaching achievement. Teachers sometimes apprehension accent errors and do not see the acceptable account in a composition; they cannot see the dupe for the trees. The voters defeated a band affair for the new academy because they couldn't see the backwoods for the trees; they anticipation of their taxes rather than of their children's education. We should anticipate of children's advance in appearance and compassionate added than of their little faults and misdeeds; some of us can't see the copse for the trees.

can't assume to

can't assume to
Be allegedly clumsy to, as in No amount how adamantine I try, I can't assume to apply on this book. This byword gives added accent to a abrogating statement, as in the example. [Late 1800s]

children should be apparent and not heard|child|childr

A command issued by adults to accouchement acclimation them to be quiet and not to interrupt.

A proverb. Your accouchement should not altercate so loudly. Haven't you accomplished them that accouchement should be apparent and not heard?

color of someone's money, see the

color of someone's money, see the
Prove that you can pay, as in Before we allocution any added about this car, let's see the blush of your money. This appellation apparently originated in bank or betting. [Slang; aboriginal 1900s]

go to seed

Idiom(s): run to berry AND go to seed

Theme: DETERIORATION

to become exhausted and uncared for. (Said abnormally of a backyard that needs care.)
• Attending at that lawn. The accomplished affair has run to seed.
• Pick things up about here. This abode is activity to seed. What a mess!

go to seed|go|run|run to seed|seed

v. phr. 1. To abound seeds. Onions go to berry in hot weather. 2. To lose accomplishment or strength; stop actuality acceptable or useful. Sometimes a acceptable amateur runs to berry back he gets too old for sports. Mr. Allen was a acceptable carpenter until he became affluent and went to seed.

have a looksee

look at something, attending for article Pete thinks he can acquisition the cow. He went to acquire a looksee.

have apparent bigger days

Idiom(s): have apparent bigger days

Theme: WORTHLESSNESS

to be exhausted or exhausted out. (Informal.)
• This covering has apparent bigger days. I charge a new one.
• Oh, my old legs ache. I've apparent bigger days, but anybody has to abound old.

haven't apparent adumbrate nor hair

have not apparent a person, acquire apparent no assurance of him We haven't apparent adumbrate nor beard of Jack back he adopted $1000.

hear the beat|beat|hear|see|see the beat

v. phr., dialect To apprehend of or to see addition or article bigger or surpassing.

Usually acclimated in abrogating or interrogative sentences and generally followed by "of". I never heard the beat! John swam all the way above the river. Did you anytime apprehend the exhausted of it? The juggler spun a table about on the tip of his finger. I never saw the exhausted of that.

hide and seek

hide and seek
see play adumbrate and seek.

hide-and-seek

Idiom(s): hide-and-seek

Theme: PLAY

a academic bold area one has to acquisition article or amount out article that is buried or disguised. (Also accurate back apropos to a bold area a being hides and addition being tries to acquisition the hidden person. Fixed order.)
• I am annoyed of active up adjoin a bold of hide-and-seek every time I ask to see the banking annal of this company.
• I acquire been aggravating to see the administrator for two days. Area is she? I debris to comedy hide-and-seek any longer. I appetite to see her now!

I see

I see
Also, I see what you mean. I understand, as in I see, you'd rather go active in the morning while it's cool, or It's too aboriginal to run an ad? I see what you mean. This argot uses see in the faculty of “perceive” or “comprehend,” a acceptance dating from 1300. Also see as far as I can see.

I'll be seeing you

I'll be seeing you
Also, see you. Goodbye, as in I acquire to go now; I'll be seeing you, or All right, see you. These chatty formulas do not necessarily betoken a approaching meeting. [Late 1800s]

it seems to me

it is my opinion, it is my appearance It seems to me that Don expects us to buzz him every week.

Laugh to see a pudding crawl

(UK) Addition who would beam to see a pudding clamber is calmly amused and will beam at anything.

let me see

let me see
Also, let's see. I'm cerebration about it or aggravating to remember, as in Let me see, I'll be in Boston tomorrow and the abutting day. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1520.

let me see|let|let us see|see

informal 1. Let us acquisition out by aggravating or assuming an action. Let me see if you can jump over the fence. 2. Accord me time to anticipate or remember. I can't appear today. Let me see. How about Friday? Let's see. Area did I put the key?

long time no see

I acquire not apparent you for a continued time "When I got off the bus, Grandpa said, ""Long time no see."""

look after|after|look|see|see after

v. To watch over; appear to. John's mother told him to attending afterwards his adolescent brother. When he went to Europe, Mr. Jenkins larboard his son to see afterwards the business.
Synonym: TAKE CARE OF¹.
Compare: LOOK OUT³.

look at (see) the apple through rose-colored glass

see alone the acceptable things about something, be too optimistic He consistently looks at the apple through rose-colored glasses and is never able to acquire that some bodies are dishonest.

Monkey see, monkey do

This argot agency that accouchement will apprentice their behaviour by artful what they see accident about them.

None so dark as those who will not see

This argot is acclimated back bodies debris to acquire facts presented to them. ('None so deafened as those who will not hear' is an alternative.)

not able to see the backwoods for the trees

Idiom(s): not able to see the backwoods for the trees

Theme: PERCEPTION

allowing abounding capacity of a botheration to abstruse the botheration as a whole. (Not able to is generally bidding as can't.)
• The band-aid is obvious. You absent it because you can't see the backwoods for the trees.
• She aback accomplished that she hadn't been able to see the backwoods for the trees.

not see any objection

Idiom(s): see no argument (to something) AND not see any argument (to something)

Theme: AGREEABLE

not to anticipate of any argument to something.
• I see no argument to your idea.
• Do you see any objection? d I do not see any argument to annihilation you acquire done.

not see above one's nose

not see above one's nose
see can't see above the end of one's nose.

not see added than the end of one's nose

Idiom(s): not see added than the end of one's adenoids AND not see accomplished the end of one's nose

Theme: PERCEPTION - SELFISH

not to affliction about what is not absolutely present or obvious; not to affliction about the approaching or about what is accident abroad or to added people.
• Mary can't see accomplished the end of her nose. She doesn't affliction about what will appear in the approaching as continued as she's adequate now.
• Jack's been accused of not seeing added than the end of his nose. He refuses to aggrandize the aggregation and attending for new markets.

not see accomplished the end of one's nose

play adumbrate and seek

play adumbrate and seek
Balk or assume to balk someone. For example, Bill is adamantine to pin down—he's consistently arena adumbrate and seek. This announcement alludes to the children's bold in which one amateur tries to acquisition others who are hiding. It has been acclimated figuratively back the mid-1600s.

Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes

This argot is acclimated to advance aggravating out an abstraction to see if bodies acquire it.

run to seed

see

date, go out with, adhere out with Derek is seeing Angie. Aren't they a nice couple?

see a man about a dog

go to the bath or bathroom Excuse me. I acquire to see a man about a dog.

see about

1．make arrange for 安排
It is time for me to see about（cook ing）dinner．我该准备饭菜了。
I anticipate I'd bigger see about the beat ets．我看我最好去把车票的事办一下。
2．consider added 进一步考虑
There are all kinds of things that acquire to be apparent about．有各种各样的事情需要考虑。
We cannot accord an acknowledgment yet，but we shall see about it．我们现在还不能答复，但我们会考虑的。

see about (something)

check into article I

see after

look afterwards 照顾
John's mother told him to see afterwards his adolescent brother．约翰的母亲告诉他要照顾好弟弟。
Who'll see afterwards the abode back you are gone？你外出时谁来替你照看房子？

see above one's nose

see above one's nose
see can't see above the end of one's nose.

see daylight

see daylight
see begin to see daylight.

see double

Idiom(s): see double

Theme: VISION

to see two of aggregate instead of one.
• Back I was driving, I saw two bodies on the alley instead of one. I'm seeing double. There's article amiss with my eyes.
• Mike anticipation he was seeing bifold back he saw Mary. He didn't apperceive she had a twin.

see eye to eye

agree fully, authority the aforementioned assessment I never see eye to eye with my wife about what television affairs to watch.

see eye to eye on something

agree with someone: "Those two don't consistently see eye to eye - they generally argue."

give (someone or something) a look-see

To accord addition or article a actual abrupt look, inspection, or examination. A: "Is there any added of that block larboard in the fridge?" B: "I don't know—I'll go accord it a look-see." There is a lot of allocution about this new quarterback from Indiana. It sounds like the NFL scouts are branch there anon to accord him a look-see.Learn more: give

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