with one's own eyes

English

Prepositional phrase

with one's own eyes

1. 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