"eye of the beholder" meaning in English

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          "text": "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.",
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          "text": "September 16 2009,Anita Dunn, Reality Check: The Truth About \"Czars\"\nSince czar isn't an official job title, the number is somewhat in the eye of the beholder."
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          "word": "honi soit qui mal y pense"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
          "word": "katsojan silmä"
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          "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
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          "word": "Auge des Betrachters"
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          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "b'einéi hamitbonén",
          "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
          "word": "בְּעֵינֵי הַמִּתְבּוֹנֵן"
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          "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
          "word": "øyet som ser"
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          "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
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          "word": "olhos de quem vê"
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          "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
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          "word": "ojo del observador"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
      "word": "katsojan silmä"
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      "word": "Auge des Betrachters"
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "b'einéi hamitbonén",
      "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
      "word": "בְּעֵינֵי הַמִּתְבּוֹנֵן"
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
      "word": "øyet som ser"
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      "sense": "subjective perception and judgement",
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      "word": "olhos de quem vê"
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