before one's eyes

• in front of one's eyes
• under one's eyes

before one's eyes

1. In one's plain view.
2. (especially of a surprising or negative event) Experienced viscerally but with a degree of detachment, often due to being powerless to change the circumstances.

   He saw his life being destroyed before his eyes.

• “before one's eyes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “before someone's eyes”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “before your very eyes” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “before your eyes”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “before/in front of/under your eyes”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “in front of someone's (very) eyes” (US) / “in front of someone's (very) eyes” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.