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Difference between In one’s eyes and To one’s eyes

in one’s eyes —(also: in one’s eye)

1. in one’s imagination; in one’s mind:

  • I still have in my eyes the magic days spent on the mountains with a lot of great people!

2. in one’s judgment; in one’s view:

  • For the life of him he could not make the thing seem right or legal in his eyes.

to one’s eyes —(also: to one’s eye) as one sees it:

  • To my eyes, the most beautiful thing to paint is large vistas of land. The land has its own harmony rich with shapes and with endlessly changing colors.