with one's own eyes en · ADP
Meanings
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In real life as seen by oneself, as opposed to in a picture or according to someone else's description.
"I'm a great believer in data. But there is no substitute for leaders being out there, talking to colleagues, seeing conditions for themselves. All the audits in the world don't replace looking with your own eyes."
2025 October 1, Richard Wilcock, “There is more to be proud of in the railway than we sometimes allow ourselves to see”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 41:I had seen pictures of the Grand Canyon on the Internet, but I wanted to see it with my own eyes.
I watched his demise with my own eyes.
Translations (12)
fr de visu (Translations) · ru свои́ми глаза́ми (Translations) · ru воо́чию (Translations) · ro cu proprii cuiva ochi (Translations) · tr kendi gözleri ile (Translations) · ru собственногла́зно (Translations) · tr gözlerin önünde (Translations) · de mit jemandes eigenen Augen (Translations) · pl na własne oczy (Translations) · fi omin silmin (Translations) · pl naocznie (Translations) · fr de ses propres yeux (Translations)