believe\ one's\ eyes

believe\ one's\ eyes
v. phr.
1. To believe what one sees; trust one's eyesight. - Used with a negative or limiter or in an interrogative or conditional sentence.

Is that a plane? Can I believe my eyes?

2. To be made sure of seeing something.

She saw him there but she could hardly believe her eyes.


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