Seeing is believing

Cultural  

1. I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes.

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seeing is believing Idioms  

1. Only physical or concrete evidence is convincing, as in She wrote us that she's lost twenty pounds, but seeing is believing. This idiom was first recorded in this form in 1639.

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Example Sentences

They say seeing is believing, and people believe that this is a rapidly growing trend because they see it on television so often.

From Slate • May 15, 2023

In the church of science, data may be sacrosanct, but images are the true disciples, because seeing is believing.

From Scientific American • Nov. 16, 2022

“One of the great things about good design and infrastructure is seeing is believing, and you see that progress from skeptics to converts,” Buttigieg said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

In Landeskog’s view, seeing is believing in MacKinnon’s skills.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2018

Lorrenna.I can see it; and seeing is believing, they say.

From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle by Burke, Charles