What is the literary device for "our eyes opened" when describing a realization?
This is a quote from the book Night, by Elie Wiesel. In context: "We realized that we were not staying in Hungary. Our eyes opened. Too late."
Solution 1:
To open one's eyes is an idiom:
to begin to notice or be aware of something important. You need to open your eyes and face the truth.
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The next step: to open one's eyes to something is to realize something.