eye-opener | Idiomator

Meaning: (literally)Something that causes theeyestoopen, or that opens the eyes.; (informal)Something that provides a suddeninsight, or makes somethingclearthat was previously mysterious.; (informal,idiomatic)Astartlingorshockingrevelation.A visit to the slaughterhouse was a realeye-openerto anyone who thought they understood where their food came from.2013, R. Heppner,The Lost Leaders: How Corporate America Loses Women Leaders:That was a very bigeye-openerfor me, after being very cocooned, living most of my life in the city where I was born and raised.; (informal,euphemistic)A strongalcoholicbeverage, especially one consumed in the morning.Coordinate terms:pick-me-up;see alsoThesaurus:alcoholic beverageAs soon as I got on the plane I asked the flight attendant for aneye-opener,but all he had to offer was orange juice.; (informal,sometimesobjectifying)Anattractivewoman.Near-synonym:eye candy1943August 19, “It's high time you met ANN MILLER”, inGood Morning, number106, London: Royal Navy Submarine Branch,→OCLC,page 1:Seems appropriate that Ann Miller should be in Columbia's "Reveille With Beverly." We've never seen anyone capable of "showing a leg" more attractively. At close range, too, she's aneye-opener.1998, Charles Panati,Sexy Origins and Intimate Things, New York: Penguin Books,→ISBN,page274:A woman cycling in a skirt was a hazard to herself and aneye-openerfor men on the sidelines every time she raised a leg or fell off her bike.(The addition ofquotationsindicative of this usage is being sought:)

Examples:

EN: Hey, what about an eye-opener, huh?
ES: Eh, ¿qué tal si nos tomamos algo para despejarnos?
EN: It'd be a great eye-opener.
ES: Querría que lo vieras.....
EN: That sign will certainly be an eye-opener to Armstrong.
ES: Esto va a interesar a Armstrong, seguramente.
EN: I think deep down, its been an eye-opener for everybody
ES: Te diré que en el fondo, ha abierto los ojos a todos
EN: Yeah, I do need an eye-opener, at that.
ES: Sí, necesito tener los ojos abiertos
EN: You've been needing an eye-opener all your life.
ES: Necesitas tener los ojos abiertos toda la vida
EN: You're no eye-opener, neither.
ES: Y tú tampoco ayudas mucho.
EN: How's that for an eye-opener? Wow.
ES: ¿Todos los agentes del FBI tienen tres puntos?
EN: Tomorrow morning's editorial is going to be an eye-opener for the entire community.
ES: El editorial de mañana le abrirá los ojos a toda la comunidad.
EN: Everything will be an eye-opener to you.
ES: Todo ampliará tus horizontes.
EN: But I had an all-night customer who decided he wanted an eye-opener this morning.
ES: Pero tuve un cliente toda la noche que decidió que quería una apertura de ojos esta mañana.
EN: An eye-opener? I think not, rocky, old chum.
ES: Me parece que no, amigo.
EN: It was an eye-opener.
ES: Me abrió los ojos.
EN: Today will be a true eye-opener.
ES: Hoy será una verdadera revelación.
EN: Captain Hunnicutt brought a little eye-opener an hour ago.
ES: El capitán Hunnicutt trajo el desayuno hace una hora.

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