Meaning of SEE EYE TO EYE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we see eye to eye with
someone it means that we agree with them,
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and if we don't see eye to eye with someone
it means that we disagree with them.
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So maybe, let's think of an example, maybe
your brother is coming over to help you do
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a job and as you're working on it together
you agree on the way to do the job.
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So you see eye to eye.
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You agree with each other.
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But maybe your brother comes over to help
you with a job and you both have different
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ideas about how it should be done.
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In that situation we would say that you don't
see eye to eye.
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So I guess when you see eye to eye with someone
it's like you can look them in the eye figuratively,
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not literally and you can agree on something.
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