scales fall from someone's eyes en · X
Etymology
From Acts 9:18.
Meanings
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Someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly.
In government, meanwhile, Theresa May is the first home secretary in memory not to have appeared petrified of the police, while for many in her party, Plebgate was the moment at which the scales fell from their eyes as far as the cops were concerned.
2015 August 7, Marina Hyde, “Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral”, in The Guardian:
Translations (3)
sv fjällen falla från någons ögon (someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly) · fi suomut putoavat silmiltä (someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly) · de jemandem fällt es wie Schuppen von den Augen (someone is suddenly able to see a situation clearly)