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• Seeing is believing
  Seeing is believing

  I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes.
• seeing is believing
  seeing is believing

  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.

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

For them, seeing is believing so they think “if none of my guys have died from the virus, it’s not real.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2020

In other words: Theories are great, but seeing is believing.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2019

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

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2018

You may read about it in Hergesheimer's iridescent detail, but seeing is believing.

From Fascinating San Francisco by Wood, Andrew Y.