A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations


see through a glass darkly • see through rose-



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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

see through a glass darkly • see through rose-
colored glasses
see through a glass darkly —(the Bible) is used to say that
humans have a fundamentally clouded, fractured, and limited
perception of reality (also: see in a mirror, dimly): Here is
another key principle of all history-writing: The historian, by
force of his human limitations, sees through a glass darkly.
see through rose-colored glasses —said of an unduly cheerful
or optimistic view of things: Depressed people are the most
realistic, they have lost most of their ability to see through
rose-colored glasses.
see you in the soup • see you in the soup line
see you in the soup(Austral. sl.) see you around (a form of
farewell): Cheers all, see you in the soup a few weeks from
now. Have a great vacation!
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase be in the soup—(coll.) be in a difficult situation: The
school finally phoned my mom and asked why I was absent.
Boy, I really thought I was in the soup!
see you in the soup line —a sarcastic prediction that one might
find himself on welfare (originally of a queue of poor people
waiting to receive food as charity): Forty years of debt based
government economics ain’t going to make a lie the truth. I’ll
see you in the soup line in 
1
5–20 years.
seeded raisins • seedless raisins
seeded raisins —raisins without seeds, made from grapes from
which the seeds have been removed before or after drying:
Seeded raisins are more difficult to find than the common
seedless variety carried on most market shelves.
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase seeded grapes— a variety of grapes with seeds: Although
they’re not as popular as the seedless varieties, seeded grapes
have a much fuller flavor.
seedless raisins —raisins without seeds, made from a variety
of grapes without seeds: In the school lunchbox, try replacing
crisps by a little packet of seedless raisins or a banana.

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