"scales fall from someone's eyes" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From Acts 9:18.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scales fall from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scales falling from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scales fell from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scales have fallen from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scales fall<fall,falling,fell,have fallen> from someone's eyes"
      },
      "expansion": "scales fall from someone's eyes (third-person singular simple present scales fall from someone's eyes, present participle scales falling from someone's eyes, simple past scales fell from someone's eyes, past participle scales have fallen from someone's eyes)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 August 7, Marina Hyde, “Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "In government, meanwhile, Theresa May is the first home secretary in memory not to have appeared petrified of the police, while for many in her party, Plebgate was the moment at which the scales fell from their eyes as far as the cops were concerned.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be suddenly able to see a situation clearly."
      ],
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      "links": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "scales fall from someone's eyes"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From Acts 9:18.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scales fall from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scales falling from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scales fell from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scales have fallen from someone's eyes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scales fall<fall,falling,fell,have fallen> from someone's eyes"
      },
      "expansion": "scales fall from someone's eyes (third-person singular simple present scales fall from someone's eyes, present participle scales falling from someone's eyes, simple past scales fell from someone's eyes, past participle scales have fallen from someone's eyes)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms derived from the Bible",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 August 7, Marina Hyde, “Forget law and order: today’s police officers dream of going viral”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "In government, meanwhile, Theresa May is the first home secretary in memory not to have appeared petrified of the police, while for many in her party, Plebgate was the moment at which the scales fell from their eyes as far as the cops were concerned.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be suddenly able to see a situation clearly."
      ],
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        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scales fall from someone's eyes"
}