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seeing things
Idioms and Phrases
Experiencing hallucinations or delusions, as in I thought I saw my father, but I must have been seeing things; he died twenty years ago . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
As these backstage movies and shows are made by insiders, one assumes there’s some truth to them, though the implication is that, in seeing things how they are, the creators somehow float above the fray.
I don’t recall ever struggling with that default in the past, but in the last several weeks there have been days when deep feelings of dread set in because I was seeing things I never thought I would live to see and I could not explain them away.
She’s “losing memory and losing her sight,” Marc said, and “seeing things that aren’t there.”
“There was a time when Magu and Carlos had to take Beto to be admitted to the hospital, because he was seeing things,” Romero says.
"It's obviously stressful seeing things disappearing. But if you study these plants, it brings so much joy and pleasure and you just forget about all the nonsense that's happening in the world," Mr Van Wyk says.
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