See eye to eye

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Saman.12

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Hi!

I wonder where the idiom(?) "see eye to eye" is coming from
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is it common to use this term in these days?
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what does it exactly mean?

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Hi!

I wonder where the idiom [STRIKE](?)[/STRIKE] "see eye to eye" [STRIKE]is coming[/STRIKE] comes from.
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Is it common to use this term [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] these days?
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What does it [STRIKE]exactly[/STRIKE] mean?

Thanks.

Welcome to the forum.

See my changes above.

I don't know where it comes from but apparently there's an example of its use in the Bible so it's pretty old.
Yes, it's still fairly commonly used in British English.
Have you looked the phrase up online to find out the meaning? We are not here to replace a good dictionary or an internet search engine.
 

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... for example, googling 'see eye to eye' leads to this page.
 

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Hi. found something here! http://www.thefreedictionary.com/see+eye+to+eye
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Welcome to the forum, Abbecit, and thank you for your contribution.

However, please read this extract from the Posting Guidelines:

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It's still commonly used in AmE as well.
 
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