To the German whose question is in the title, he is quite forgivable. But the Russians need to know the meaning of the expression "pull out the eye."
It's hard to say whether some wild barbarian would take this wish literally. But a modern person will not rush at the interlocutor, having heard this, and will not sharply deprive himself of an eye in order to demonstrate a plucked eye.
That which is simply unbearable
"Gouge out your eye" - so they can talk about something very sour, if it knits, causes soreness. For example: Apples in the forest are useless - tiny in size, gouge out the taste of your eyes. You can also say: "So that it hurts."
What makes your eye feel torn out? The fact is that the salivary glands of a person are controlled by the same pair of nerves as the lacrimal. From too pronounced taste, a spasm of the muscles of the mouth occurs, reduces the cheekbones and saliva becomes abundant. At the same time, the person closes his eyes tightly, and tears may even come out.
This turnover is often used in colloquial speech, characterizing poor quality wine or strong tobacco:
- My dad used to smoke cigarettes, gouge out his eyes.
- Grandfather grimaced and looked for something to eat his pluck out of the eye.
In common parlance, this expression is remembered when describing a daredevil, a whimsical and lively person. If, moreover, he is desperately determined, they can also add “dry the bait”. Again, no matter how the plucked eye has nothing to do with it, this does not mean the desire for the lower limbs (calves and shins) to lose weight painfully and lose mobility. It's just that this idiomatic expression was invented by people in the fullness of feelings and expresses admiration for something never seen before, as well as an oath that they have not met with such a thing:
- Your little one is a clean shooter, pluck out your eye and dry off the bit that you thought!
Merciless to the organs of vision of the neighbor
There is a broader interpretation of the term "pull out the eye." With such words they evaluate something so out of the ordinary that this phenomenon is hard to perceive by the organs of vision.
It could be a toilet completely devoid of taste, but full of mind-blowing details. Or an incredible eccentric hairdo can be compared to a plucked eye.
Screaming colors that hurt the eyes and cause discomfort. Onein a word, a phraseological unit is awarded to a person or other object that stands out sharply against the general background, and not in the most favorable way.
