with one's/both eyes open

idiom

: fully aware of what could happen

I went into the job with my eyes (wide) open.

If you do this, you need to do it with both eyes open.

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Look at your finger with both eyes open, then switch between looking at your finger with just your right eye and just your left eye. —

Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2024 Dove is going into Day 4 post neurosurgery with both eyes open. —

Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 4 Sep. 2020

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