- see-through
- `see-,through adjectivemade of cloth or plastic that you can see through: TRANSPARENT:a see-through blouse
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see through — {v.} 1. To understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of. * /Mother saw through Johnny s excuses not to go to bed on Christmas Eve. She knew he wanted to stay up to see Santa Claus./ * /The teacher saw through the boy s… … Dictionary of American idioms
see through — {v.} 1. To understand the real meaning of or reason for; realize the falseness of. * /Mother saw through Johnny s excuses not to go to bed on Christmas Eve. She knew he wanted to stay up to see Santa Claus./ * /The teacher saw through the boy s… … Dictionary of American idioms
see through — phrasal to grasp the true nature of < saw through the scheme > … New Collegiate Dictionary
see-through — adjective Date: 1945 transparent 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
To see through a millstone — Millstone Mill stone , n. One of two circular stones used for grinding grain or other substance in a mill[1]. [1913 Webster] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge. Deut. xxiv. 6. [1913 Webster] Note: The cellular siliceous … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
See — See, v. i. 1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. [1913 Webster] Whereas I was blind, now I see. John ix. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively: To have … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) — Infobox Album | Name = Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) Type = Compilation album Artist = The Rolling Stones Released = 12 September 1969 Recorded = 8 August 1963 June 1969 Genre = Rock Length = 42:30 (UK) 38:23 (US) Label = Decca (UK)… … Wikipedia
Through a Glass Darkly — is an abbreviated form of a much quoted phrase from the Christian New Testament in 1 Corinthians 13. The phrase is interpreted to mean that humans have an imperfect perception of reality [http://www.bartleby.com/59/1/throughaglas.html] . It has… … Wikipedia
Through and through — describes a situation where an object, real or imaginary, passes completely through another object, also real or imaginary. The phrase has several common uses:PrintmakingAn image may be through and through in the following cases: *ink or paint… … Wikipedia
See You in the Obituary — (Serbian: Bидимо се у читуљи, Vidimo se u čitulji ) is a 1995 made for TV documentary directed by Janko Baljak based on the book The Crime That Changed Serbia by Aleksandar Knežević and Vojislav Tufegdžić. Made in the form of an extended news… … Wikipedia
Through — Through, adv. 1. From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through. [1913 Webster] 2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through. [1913 Webster] 3. To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
