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
WiesŁAwVYE-swahfPolish
Whitman['hwitmən]
Vasya-Russian
WrenRENEnglish (Rare)
Alfhard-Ancient Germanic
Vlaho-Croatian