wide-eyed

/ˌwaɪdˈaɪd/ adjective

Translation

› with your eyes completely open because of surprise, fear, happiness, etc

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The children looked on, wide-eyed with wonder.12451656

(Definition of wide-eyed adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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