Идиома недели: to see eye to eye

Перевод: сходиться во взглядах с кем-либо на что-либо, находить общий язык, достигать взаимопонимания, быть одного мнения с кем-либо о чем-либо, полностью соглашаться, смотреть на что-то одними глазами

Синонимы: to agree, to accede, to acquiesce, to assent, to consent, to concur, to come to an understanding

Пример: There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. (Homer)

Relationships survive by seeing eye to eye. You can't see eye to eye, if your back is turned to them. Ignoring doesn't solve problems, it creates them. (DeAndre Carswell)

If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps. (James Thurber)

Примечание: Идиома часто используется в отрицательной форме “not see eye to eye” в значении «to disaccord» - «расходиться во взглядах, расходиться во мнениях».

В этом значении эту идиому можно услышать в песне Mike and the Mechanics "The Living Years ":

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye

Проверьте себя:

The USA Defense Secretary didn't see eye to eye with President Barack Obama on foreign policy, that’s why

1. he announced his resignation on Monday.
2. he supported all his ideas.
3. he joined his administration.

Правильный ответ на наш предыдущий тест - вариант C.