Lesson
Remember that when we say 'I see' we can mean 'with my eyes' but we can also mean 'I understand'.- I'm not very happy with your decision.
- I see. Is there anything I can do to persuade you?
- I can't see the point in studying for this exam. I'll just fail anyway.
- He refuses to come to the meeting. He said he couldn't see the point.
- I thought I had made myself clear. I need the report by lunchtime.
- I couldn't have made myself clearer. Everybody understood.
- Try to see this from my point of view. I must have delivery by Friday or my production line will close down.
- We must ask everyone concerned for their point of view before we decide.
- There's no use complaining now. We took that decision with our eyes wide open.
- Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. (Benjamin Franklin)
- He argued and argued but finally he saw reason.
- The workers asked for a 20% pay rise but finally they saw reason and accepted 3%.
- She's so self-obsessed. She can't see past the end of her nose.
- It must have been obvious that I couldn't cope but he couldn't see past the end of his nose and didn't offer to help.
- Open your eyes. Nobody here likes you.
- He's too self-satisfied. He needs to open his eyes and take a good look at himself.
- He claimed to have worked in Tokyo but I saw through him the minute we started talking about Japan.
- Most people see through his lies pretty quickly.
- I thought he was a good salesperson but seeing him with a customer was a real eye-opener. He was useless.
- I thought I knew a lot about it but talking to Jenny was a real eye-opener. I learned so much.
- In hindsight, I wouldn't have started the negotiation so aggressively.
- I should have done things differently in hindsight.
- They're a bunch of blinkered old men and won't consider any new ideas.
- He never listens to anybody else. He's blinkered.
- Thanks for telling me that. I get the picture
- So he's the boss's son? I get the picture. I wondered how someone so young was doing that job.
- OK. I see what you mean. There's no need to say any more.
- He was trying to explain something to me but I just didn't see what he meant.
- I'm glad we've cleared up the misunderstanding about payment terms.
We need to clear up this misunderstanding at once.