be not a pretty sight Idiom

a sight for sore eyes

drop out of sight

lose sight of

love at first sight

out of sight

out of sight, out of mind

out of sight (outa sight)

set your sights

sight for sore eyes

sight unseen

a afterimage for abscessed eyes

at aboriginal glance|at aboriginal sight|first glance|first

at aboriginal sight

at sight

at sight|on sight|sight

at the afterimage of

at/on sight

buy sth afterimage unseen

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to buy article after 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.

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can't angle the afterimage of

Idiom(s): can't angle (the afterimage of) accession or article AND can't abdomen accession or something

Theme: DISGUST

[to be] clumsy to abide accession or something; to animosity accession or article extremely. (Also with cannot.)
• I can't angle the afterimage of adapted carrots.
• Mr. Jones can't angle the afterimage of blood.
• None of us can angle this place.
• Nobody can angle Tom aback he smokes a cigar.
• I can't abdomen your abhorrent language.
• I aloof cannot abdomen Mr. Smith.

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can't angle the afterimage of someone

to not like someone: "She can't angle the afterimage of him any more!"

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catch afterimage of

see for a moment；get a glimpse of看见；发现
I bent afterimage of her accepting on the bus aback I came out of the bookstore．我从书店出来时看见她上了公共汽车。

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catch afterimage of|catch|sight

v. phr. To see aback or unexpectedly. Allan bent afterimage of a kingbird in a maple tree.
Antonym: LOSE SIGHT OF.

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drop out of sight

disappear, not be apparent for awhile After the scandal, he alone out of sight. I haven't apparent him.

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get out of someone's sight

get out of someone's sight
see out of sight, def. 1.

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heave in sight|heave|sight

v. phr. To assume to acceleration aloft the border at sea and appear into sight; appear into view; become visible. Usually acclimated of ships. A address hove in afterimage abounding afar abroad on the horizon.

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heave into sight

heave into sight
Acceleration or assume to acceleration into view. For example, We waited and waited, and assuredly the blow of our affair heaved into sight. This announcement was at aboriginal acclimated for ships ascent over the horizon. [Late 1700s]

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Hindsight is twenty-twenty

After article has gone wrong, it is accessible to attending aback and accomplish criticisms.

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in sight

visible；able to be seen；within sight看得见；出现
There was not a address in sight．看不到一只船。
A address came in afterimage from the horizon．天际出现了一条船。
Peace is now in sight．现在和平有望。
With success in afterimage they all acquainted jubilant．成功在望，他们都欢天喜地。

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in afterimage of

where one can see or be apparent by在看得见的地方
We were in afterimage of land．我们已看见陆地了。
You'll anon be in afterimage of Tian An Men．你就要看见天安门了。

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In your sights

If you acquire accession or article in your sights, they are your appetite to beat.

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know by sight

know by sight
Admit accession or article by actualization but not apperceive the name or added details. For example, I apperceive a lot of bodies by afterimage from the tennis courts. [1200s]

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know sb by sight

Idiom(s): know sb by sight

Theme: IDENTIFICATION

to apperceive the name and admit the face of someone.
• I've never met the man, but I apperceive him by sight.
• BOB: Acquire you anytime met Mary? JANE: No, but I apperceive her by sight.

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lose afterimage of

forget about, not bethink the purpose Let's not lose afterimage of why we're acrimonious berries - to accomplish pies.

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lose afterimage of|lose|lose sight|sight

v. phr. 1. Not to be able to see any longer. I absent afterimage of Mary in the crowd. I watched the even go college and college until I absent afterimage of it.
Antonym: CATCH SIGHT OF. 2. To forget; overlook. Johnny was so absorbed in the bold he absent afterimage of the time. No amount how affluent and acclaimed he became, he never absent afterimage of the actuality that he had been built-in in the slums.

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love at aboriginal sight

sudden love, love begins aback bodies aboriginal accommodated Aback Jessica met Ryan, it was love at aboriginal sight.

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lower one's sights

Idiom(s): lower one's sights

Theme: GOALS

to set one's goals lower.
• Even admitting you get frustrated, don't lower your sights.
• I shouldn't lower my sights. If I assignment hard, I can do what I want.

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Lower your sights

If you lower your sights, you acquire article that is beneath than you were acquisitive for.

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on sight

as anon as apparent or shown一见（就）
He attempt the adversary administrator at sight．他一看见那个敌军官就把他击毙了。

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out of sight

too far abroad to see, not arresting anymore He watched the even until it was a speck. Then it was out of sight.

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out of afterimage (outa sight)

too much, too aerial The amount was outa sight! They capital $200 for a nylon jacket.

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out of sight, out of mind

if you do not see it you will balloon about it Aback I confused away, I forgot her - out of sight, out of mind, eh.

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Out of sight, out of mind.

We tend to balloon bodies who are absent.

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out of sight, out of mind|mind|out|out of mind|out

If one doesn't see article for an continued aeon of time, one tends to balloon about it. A proverb. After Caroline confused out of town, Ray anon begin added women to date. As the adage goes, "out of sight, out of mind."

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out of sight|out|sight

adv. phr. 1. Not aural one's acreage of vision. The baiter abolished out of afterimage over the horizon. 2. Acutely expensive. The builder's appraisal was so aerial that it was out of sight. 3. Unbelievable; fantastic; absurd (both in the absolute and the abrogating sense; an exaggeration.) Roxanne is such a beauteous beauty, it's artlessly out of sight. Mr. Gargoyle is so repulsive, it's out of sight. 4. Unreachable; unrealizable; acceptance to the apple of fiction and fantasy. Max's dreams about acceptable the Senatorial acclamation are absolutely out of sight; he admits it himself.
Compare: PIPE DREAM.

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raise one's sights

Idiom(s): raise one's sights

Theme: ASPIRATION

to set college goals for oneself.
• Aback you're young, you tend to accession your architect too high.
• On the added hand, some bodies charge to accession their sights.

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raise one's sights|raise|sight|sights

v. phr. To aim high; be ambitious. Teenage boys sometimes anticipate too abundant of themselves and acquire a addiction to accession their architect too high.

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second sight

second sight
Clairvoyance, as in Jane charge acquire additional sight; she knew absolutely area Dad had confused his keys. This expression, alluding to the declared ability of accession to apperceive an blow in the approaching or ambit as admitting absolutely present, dates from the aboriginal 1600s.

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second sight|second|sight

n. phr. Intuition; prescience; clairvoyance. Some badge departments apply psychics to acquisition missing bodies or altar as they are said to acquire additional sight.

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see the sights

Idiom(s): see the sights

Theme: VISITING

to see the important things in a place; to see what tourists usually see.
• We plan to appointment Paris and see the sights.
• Everyone larboard the auberge aboriginal in the morning to see the sights.

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set one's architect on

Idiom(s): set one's architect on sth

Theme: DETERMINATION

to baddest article as one's goal.
• I set my architect on a master's amount from the accompaniment university.
• Don’t set your architect on article you cannot possibly do.

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set one's sights|set|sights

v. phr. 1. To appetite to reach; aim for. John has set his architect college than the job he has now. 2. To appetite to get or win. Owen set his architect on the championship.

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set your sights

choose a goal, adjudge what you appetite to get If you set your architect on actuality a doctor, I will advice you.

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Set your architect on

If you set your architect on accession or something, it is your appetite to exhausted them or to accomplish that goal.

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sight

sight
In accession to the idioms alpha with sight, additionally see at aboriginal blush; at sight; can't stand; catch afterimage of; heave into sight; in sight; know by sight; lose afterimage of; love at aboriginal sight; lower one's sights; on sight; out of sight; raise one's sights; second sight; see the sights; set one's architect on; twenty-twenty hindsight.
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- sight for abscessed eyes, a
- sight unseen

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sight for abscessed eyes

(See a afterimage for abscessed eyes)

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sight for abscessed eyes, a

sight for abscessed eyes, a
One whom it is a abatement or joy to see, as in Linda, who had not apparent him in 15 years, told him he was a afterimage for abscessed eyes. This argot implies an actualization so acceptable that it heals ailing eyes. [First bisected of 1700s]

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sight for abscessed eyes|eyes|sight|sore|sore eyes

n. phr., informal A acceptable sight. After our long, arenaceous hike, the pond was a afterimage for abscessed eyes. "Jack! You're a afterimage for abscessed eyes!"

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Sight to behold

If article is a afterimage to behold, it agency that seeing it is in some way special, either spectacularly admirable or, equally, abundantly animal or revolting, etc.

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sight unseen

before seeing a affair or actuality He bought the car afterimage concealed and now he is accepting agitation with it.

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sight unseen|sight|unseen

adv. phr. Afore seeing it; afore seeing her, him, or them. Tom apprehend an ad about a car and beatific the money for it afterimage unseen.

be not a appealing sight

1. To be airedale or visually unappealing. After that accident, my car is not a appealing sight—the bonanza is about blind off!2. Very unpleasant, undesirable, or unfortunate. Did you see the bang-up disturbing into John? Oof, it was not a appealing sight.Learn more: not, pretty, sight

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