see eye to eye (with someone)

fully agree

• We don't always see eye to eye on strategy, but we respect each other.
• After hours of discussion, they finally saw eye to eye on the budget proposal.
• The two artists see eye to eye on the importance of creativity in education.

This idiom is common in both spoken and written English, used in formal and informal contexts to indicate complete agreement between people. It is a straightforward phrase frequently used in discussions about shared opinions or decisions.

A common mistake is to use 'see eye by eye', which is incorrect. Spanish speakers might also try to use 'see face to face', but this does not convey the same sense of agreement.

• on the fence
  undecided between two options
• the elephant in the room
  an obvious problem nobody wants to discuss
• the tip of the iceberg
  the small visible part of a much larger problem
• a blessing in disguise
  something that seems bad but turns out beneficial