see double


See two images of one object, either as an illusion or owing to some visual aberration, especially one caused by intoxication. For example, Those twins look so much alike they make me think I'm seeing double, or One more drink and I'll be seeing double. This idiom was first recorded in 1628.

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How to use see double in a sentence

  • Such a knowledge could only bewilder you as to the right way to take—would make you see double instead of single.

    Thomas Wingfold, Curate | George MacDonald