to not believe one's eyes
→
to be surprised
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | шинчалан ӱшанаш огыл | |
Meaning 1 | to not believe one's eyes | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to be surprised | Лудамат, шинчамланат ом ӱшане I do not believe what I am reading |
Reference | Mari-Russian idiomatic dictionary | |
Comment | The direction of the shift is evident form the non-compositionality of the second meaning |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | ne verit’ svoim glazam | |
Meaning 1 | to not believe one's eyes | Не веря своим глазам, Антон обошел бревно по кругу и снова убедился, что глаза ему не врут Not believing what he saw, Anton walked around the log and once again became sure that his eyes do not deceive him |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to be surprised | Выхожу на веранду и не верю своим глазам: у ворот стоит лошадь I come out onto the terrace and do not believe what I see: there is a horse by the gate |
Reference | MAS | |
Comment | The direction of the shift is evident form the non-compositionality of the second meaning |