eye-openerˈeye-ˌopener noun [countable usually singular]Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
A visit to a farm is an eye-opener to a city child.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
I never put that much stock in images, and to have him do that-that was just an eye-opener.
It had been my first alpine climb, and it had been an eye-opener.
It is not readily apparent that Edinburgh is a busy seaport but a visit to Leith Docks can be a fascinating eye-opener.
It was an eye-opener, and it was puzzling.
Jimmy thought her a real eye-opener.
This can be a real eye-opener in many parts of the world.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE►real
· Jimmy thought her a real eye-opener.· This can be a real eye-opener in many parts of the world.· But leaping to a 166-megahertz chip is a real eye-opener.
an experience from which you learn something surprising or new: The whole trip has been a real eye-opener.