cavarsi gli occhi

Italian

Verb

cavàrsi gli occhi (first-person singular present mi càvo gli occhi, first-person singular past historic mi cavài gli occhi, past participle cavàto gli occhi)

  1. (hyperbolic, idiomatic, transitive) to kill (punish severely)
    Se lo rifai ti cavo gli occhi!
    If you do it again, I will kill you! (lit. If you do it again, I will blind you!)
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) to strain one's eyes from analyzing a text or doing precision work
    Mi sono cavato gli occhi dopo aver decifrato la grafia farraginosa.
    I strained my eyes from deciphering the muddled handwriting.
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