look through a millstone



look through a millstone

To have exceptional powers of perception. A millstone is opaque and thus is impossible to see through. I knew he was a dishonest person the minute I met him. I can look through a millstone, you know.
See also: look, millstone

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FayFAYEnglish
Marni-English
Ffransis-Welsh
MeredithMER-ə-dith (English)Welsh, English
NurNOOR (Arabic)Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
Ranulph-Scottish