The scales fall from eyes

The scales fall from somebody's eyes.

(literary)

if the scales fall from someone's eyes, they are suddenly able to understand the truth When I saw his photograph in the paper, the scales fell from my eyes and I realized I'd been conned.

See tip the scales

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Agapetos	-	Ancient Greek
Dileep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Isabella	ee-zah-BEL-lah (Italian), iz-ə-BEL-ə (English)	Italian, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Romanian
SavaŞ	-	Turkish
Kevin	['kevin]
Gertie	['gɜ:ti]