eye opener

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Milner describes his time in the lower leagues as a "bit of an eye-opener", with Swindon's players bringing their own pasta to eat on the team bus.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Sending in the Marines certainly was an eye-opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

"The trip to Canada was an eye-opener, people realised there was ice hockey in Kenya and we were able to recruit more locals into the sport," said Mburu.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

Michelle Avary, also of Menlo Park, works for a Swedish-owned trucking company and said it has been an eye-opener to see how Swedish people work.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2024

A glance at it is an eye-opener to all of us accustomed to thinking of China as monolithic.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond