with one's own eyes

English

Prepositional phrase

with one's own eyes

In real life as seen by oneself, as opposed to in a picture or according to someone else's description.
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

Translations

Finnish: omin silmin
French: de ses propres yeux
German: mit jemandes eigenen Augen
Polish: naocznie (pl), na własne oczy (pl)
Romanian: cu proprii cuiva ochi
Russian: свои́ми глаза́ми (svoími glazámi), воо́чию (ru) (voóčiju), собственногла́зно (sobstvennoglázno)
Turkish: gözlerin önünde, kendi gözleri ile

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