The scales fall from eyes

The scales fall from somebody's eyes.

(literary)

if the scales fall from someone's eyes, they are suddenly able to understand the truth When I saw his photograph in the paper, the scales fell from my eyes and I realized I'd been conned.

See tip the scales

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Panna	PAWN-naw	Hungarian
Teagan	-	English (Modern)
AndrÉA	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Anton	AHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)	German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo
Carissa	kə-RIS-ə	English
Vira	-	Ukrainian