lower one's sights



lower one's sights

Reduce one's goals or aspirations, as in Once he got the job I'd applied for, I had to lower my sights. This expression alludes to taking aim through the sights of a firearm. Also see raise one's sights; set one's sights on. [Second half of 1900s]
See also: lower, sight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Love[lʌv]
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Llywelynli-WEL-inWelsh
ÓRfhlaithOR-laIrish
EpaphrasEP-ə-fras (English)Biblical, Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Alim-Arabic, Uyghur