compare 'in the eye of' vs 'in the eyes of'

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Is there any difference between 'in the eye of' vs 'in the eyes of'? In the eye of the beholder. In the eyes of him.

Kate Bunting · Answer

No, there isn't.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a set phrase which apparently originated in an 1878 novel. The author, Margaret Hungerford, chose to write eye in the singular.

I think most of us would use in the eyes of X to mean from X's point of view.

compare 'in the eye of' vs 'in the eyes of'

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