目めから鱗うろこが落おちる

expression, ichidan verb

see the light; have one's eyes opened; scales fall from one's eyes

Idiomatic expression for suddenly understanding something or realizing the truth, often after being mistaken or ignorant. Literally 'scales fall from one's eyes'.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいを聞きいて、目めから鱗うろこが落おちた。

  When I heard his explanation, the scales fell from my eyes.

• この本ほんを読よんで、目めから鱗うろこが落おちる思おもいだった。

  Reading this book was a real eye-opener.