See eye to eye可千万别理解成“眼对眼”……

{  今日问题  }

see eye to eye是什么意思？

今天我们要学的短语跟眼睛有关：see eye to eye。

它表示的意思并不是“眼对眼”，也不是“确认过眼神”，而是：

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To agree with someone; to share someone's position or opinion.

同意某人；赞成某人的观点。

例如：

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My sisters don't see eye to eye with me about the arrangements.

我姐姐不同意我的安排。

I'm glad we see eye to eye about Todd with Mary. 

很高兴在关于Todd的问题上，我们跟Mary的观点一致。

英语中跟“眼睛”有关的短语还有：

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An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

以眼还眼，以牙还牙

When they were children, the two brothers operated on the principle of an eye for an eye, so that if the older one hit the younger one, the younger one was entitled to hit him back just as hard.

孩童时代，这对兄弟就践行着“以牙还牙”的原则，所以如果哥哥打了弟弟，弟弟可以打回去。

Apple of eye

掌上明珠（眼里的苹果）

He has five kids, but his only daughter is clearly the apple of his eye.

他有五个孩子，不过唯一的女儿才是他的掌上明珠。

A bird's-eye view

鸟瞰、全景、一览

From the church tower you get a bird’s-eye view of the town.

从教堂的塔上，你可以鸟瞰整个小镇。

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