A large eye in a round lens on a brass stand peeks from behind a red velvet curtain.

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Samwise Gamgee

There’s an eye-opener, and no mistake.

— The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · 2001

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reacts to something as an eye-opener, a revelation that sharply changes how things look, and stresses it with no mistake. The phrase carries plain-spoken emphasis: whatever was just seen or learned has shifted their understanding and is not to be doubted.

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