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单词 to hit between the eye
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to hit (also strike, smack, etc.) (a person) between (also in) the eye(s)
k. to hit (also strike, smack, etc.) (a person) between (also in) the eye(s) and variants: to strike (a person) (suddenly) as very obvious, impressive, noteworthy, etc.; to leap or stand out at (a person).
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1886 R. Kipling Three & Extra in Civil & Mil. Gaz. 17 Nov. 3/4 It was a gorgeous dress... I can't describe it, but it was what they call ‘a Creation’, a thing that hit you straight between the eyes and made you gasp.
1899 Black & White 9 Dec. 834/1 One sentence jumped out in the middle of it and hit me in the eye, so to speak.
1935 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 5 Apr. 20/3 The unusual feature that smacks you between the eyes as you watch the Boston Braves..is the fact that outside of four or five young'uns stumbling around on the field, there are no rookies in camp.
1952 Marriage & Family Living Nov. 361/1 There were three or four things that struck me between the eyes.
1985 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Feb. It was one of the occasions when things went wrong that reality hit me in the eye.
2001 Independent 17 Jan. (City Plus section) 8/6 When I saw the technology in operation, it hit me between the eyes.
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