BW2/3  +  237994 Tue, 20 Jun 06 04:44 AM It was really opened up my eyes after I visited the zoo today. Is this sentence OK? Thank you BW2/3 Joined on Sat, Oct 22 2005 Contributing Member 1,283 Carpe diem!!

	CalifJim  +  238032 Tue, 20 Jun 06 07:05 AM Visiting the zoo today really opened my eyes. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,455 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	nona the brit  +  238087 Tue, 20 Jun 06 10:22 AM The idiom is eyes were opened/opened my eyes. Not opened up. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Marius Hancu  +  238237 Tue, 20 Jun 06 06:22 PM  Nona The Brit wrote: The idiom is eyes were opened/opened my eyes. Not opened up. Well , I know some sources support that: http://www.answers.com/topic/open-one-s-eyes but: ------- My eyes were opened up to the whole issue of Pleistocene extinctions by a visit to the University of Wisconsin by Paul Martin when I was a graduate student there, about 1967 or 1968 -- quite a long time ago now. http://www.amnh.org/science/biodiversity/extinction/Day1/bytes/SmithPres.html his bio: http://www.amnh.org/science/biodiversity/extinction/Day1/Bios.html#smith -------- -------- 22. and he went in with them and as they sat about the table at the evening meal, he took a piece of bread, and blessed it in the name of Christ. 23. And instantly their eyes were opened up, and they perceived that he, the stranger, was the Lord, the man from Galilee; that he had risen from the dead; and then the form of Jesus disappeared. http://www.fatherhurley.com/ag/aquariangospel-173-182.htm --------- --------- Q: What interested you to pursue a career in anesthesia? A: Early in medical school my interest was in preventative care. When I rotated to anesthesia late in my third year of medical school, my eyes were opened up to a field of medicine that I had never considered. I found that I liked the pace and potential excitement found in the operating room. Many of us, who find a niche in anesthesia, like the occasional rush of adrenaline that we inevitably experience. https://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/profiles/faculty/0502-2Hata.html --------- --------- But I do think a lot of people's eyes were opened up to a truth they didn't know about so that was cool. http://garylamb.blogspot.com/2005/11/preached-on-giving-today.html --------- Marius Hancu Universities, Idioms

	nona the brit  +  238240 Tue, 20 Jun 06 06:35 PM I still say it is incorrect to include an 'up' in this idiom. Google agrees really - "eyes opened" = 1,180,000 . "eyes opened up" = 19,400. nona the brit Idioms

	CalifJim  +  238645 Wed, 21 Jun 06 04:19 PM Even if Google showed it with "up" a million times more than without, I'd still say it sounds funny.  My advice -- take it or leave it -- is not to use "up" in that idiom in your own writing! CJ CalifJim Idioms

	Marius Hancu  +  238677 Wed, 21 Jun 06 05:16 PM  CalifJim wrote: Even if Google showed it with "up" a million times more than without, I'd still say it sounds funny.  My advice -- take it or leave it -- is not to use "up" in that idiom in your own writing! I'll take your advice. Marius Hancu Idioms