- lower sights
- lower (your) sights
to accept something less good than the thing you were hoping for.
With so few jobs around she's had to lower her sights.
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lower sights
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lower your sights — lower (your) sights to accept something less good than the thing you were hoping for. With so few jobs around she s had to lower her sights … New idioms dictionary
lower your sights — If you lower your sights, you accept something that is less than you were hoping for … The small dictionary of idiomes
sights — n. aspirations 1) to set one s sights on (she set her sights on a career in politics) 2) to lower; raise one s sights 3) (misc.) to set one s sights high something worth seeing 4) to see, take in the sights (the tourists took in the sights) * * * … Combinatory dictionary
lower your sights — raise/lower your ˈsights idiom to expect more/less from a situation • If they can t afford such a big house, they ll just have to lower their sights a little. Main entry: ↑sightidiom … Useful english dictionary
lower one's sights — ► raise (or lower) one s sights increase (or lower) one s expectations. Main Entry: ↑sight … English terms dictionary
lower your sights — If you lower your sights, you accept something that is less than you were hoping for. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Lower your sights — If you lower your sights, you accept something that is less than you were hoping for … Dictionary of English idioms
Lower Mount Cammerer Trail — Infobox Hiking trail Name=Lower Mount Cammerer Trail Photo=Mount Cammerer.jpg Caption=Mount Cammerer firetower Location=Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, United States Length=7.4 mi (10.3 mi. to firetower); 11.9 km (16.6 to… … Wikipedia
raise/lower one's sights — If you raise/lower your sights, your raise or lower your expectations, or you are more or less ambitious. He had to lower his sights and accept a less well paid job than what he hoped for … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Munster, Lower Saxony — Not to be confused with Münster in North Rhine Westphalia. Munster Water mill in Munster … Wikipedia
