hit between the eyes
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Chiefs coaches have devised drills to work on them so that his receivers won’t get hit between the eyes by a ball they don’t see coming.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2021
“I dove in, spoke to some smart people. But then, I was hit between the eyes that there wasn’t a lot that I was going to be able to do.”
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2017
Just when you thought he was vulnerable to the point of collapse, he shot forward again, and you were hit between the eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, we are hit between the eyes with the outrageous fact that the burden has not been shared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boleslav staggered backwards as if he had been hit between the eyes.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
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