X-ray vision
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Metaphorical ability to see through solid objects, often associated with superheroes.
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- Superman is famous for his incredible X-ray vision.
- If I had X-ray vision, I could find my lost keys without tearing the house apart.
- The new airport scanner provides a kind of technological X-ray vision to see inside luggage.
- The detective's sharp intuition was like a form of X-ray vision, allowing her to see through the suspect's lies.
- As a child, I pretended my glasses gave me X-ray vision.
- A good editor needs literary X-ray vision to spot underlying flaws in a manuscript.
- Do you sometimes wish you had X-ray vision to see what's in a wrapped gift?
- She looked at him as if she had X-ray vision, able to see all his insecurities.
- In the video game, my character can upgrade to get X-ray vision to find hidden items.
- Unfortunately, humans do not possess natural X-ray vision to see through walls.