Frau Hilde lacht: „Otti, du hast Tomaten auf den Augen!“ Frau Hilde laughs: "Otti, you can't see what's right in front of you!"

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Tomaten auf den Augen haben

[toˈmaːtn̩ aʊ̯f deːn ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ ˈhaːbn̩]

to not see what's right in front of you, to be blind to the obvious

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Words in It: die Tomate; auf; das Auge; haben

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Ich hatte wohl Tomaten auf den Augen: Der Schlüssel lag die ganze Zeit auf dem Tisch.

I must have been blind: the key was on the table the whole time.
Habt ihr Tomaten auf den Augen? Das Schild hängt direkt vor euch!

Are you blind? The sign is right in front of you!
Bruno hat Tomaten auf den Augen und sucht seine Brille, die auf seinem Kopf sitzt.

Bruno can't see what's in front of him and looks for his glasses, which are on his head.

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der Akzent der Ausdruck die Bedeutung deutlich der Dialekt fließend die Fremdsprache missverstehen die Muttersprache nachfragen peinlich die Redewendung

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