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seeing things

Idioms  
  1. Experiencing hallucinations or delusions, as in I thought I saw my father, but I must have been seeing things; he died twenty years ago. [First half of 1900s]


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I’m seeing things come in and I was like, “Oh my God!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

By most measures, Netflix reported solid fourth-quarter and year-end results, but investors are seeing things differently.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026

Eilan, another student, said: "In military service you meet people from everywhere. You learn new ways of seeing things... You learn to talk and trust and co-exist with other people."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

Pound, though, was capable of seeing things from above.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

He fell into another reverie, his eyes seeing things no one else could.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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