in one's mind's eye

Idioms  

1. In one's imagination or memory. For example, I can just see the old farm in my mind's eye. This term pairs mind and eye in the sense of “a mental view.” [Early 1400s]

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Example Sentences

One can see the happy family in one's mind's eye as distinctly as if it was already constituted.

From Culture and Anarchy by Arnold, Matthew

It is a ludicrous picture, as one sees it in one's mind's eye, but what comes after reaches the extremity of farce.

From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir