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
MoisÉSmoi-SES (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Marisolmahr-ee-SOLSpanish
Gona-Kurdish
Walahfrid-Ancient Germanic
Massimilianomahs-see-mee-LYAH-noItalian
'Esaw-Biblical Hebrew