in one's mind's eye



in one's mind's eye

In one's imagination or memory. For example, I can just see the old farm in my mind's eye. This term pairs mind and eye in the sense of "a mental view." [Early 1400s]
See also: eye

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Thaleia-Greek Mythology
JoaquÍNhwah-KEENSpanish
Ebba (1)EB-bah (Swedish), E-bah (German)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
Adina (2)-Romanian
VilmaVEEL-mah (Finnish)Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Filipafee-LEE-pah (Polish)Portuguese, Serbian, Croatian, Polish