eye-opener
eye-opener
Definition
☆ eye·-opener (ī′ō′pə nər)
noun
- a surprising piece of news, sudden realization, etc.
- Informal an alcoholic drink, esp. one taken early in the day
eye-opener
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- prove: The trip proved an eye-opener to the master in more senses than one.
- have: All in all the event was a great success and our boys certainly had an eye-opener into the engineering industry.
Preposition: for
- anyone: All thirteen episodes are eye-openers for anyone interested in how movies get made.
- people: Learning that Mediterranean cooking goes beyond the well-known French and Italian influences can be an eye-opener for some people.
Adjective modifier
- real: Once again the profit margins returned from the bulls have been a real eye-opener with a top gross of just under £ 2200.
- complete: Nevertheless one went to its shows, which were sometimes complete eye-openers.
- incredible: Bags of personality It's an incredible eye-opener to be at such events in person.
- big: It was probably the best tour I've done in my life - a really big eye-opener and everyone was like one big family.
- great: Traveling has been one of the highlights of my life so far, at times an overwhelming experience and a great eye-opener.
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