Two wooden chairs face a small round table set with plates and a glowing lantern in a warm, dim room.

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Do you suppose, sir, speaking of eye-openers...?

— The Philadelphia Story · 1940

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What it means

Our interpretation.

An unfinished polite question introduces eye-openers. Its intended example or request is missing, so the expression remains deliberately open.

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