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Literally Meaning “Make one’s eyes look like a plate (i.e. open one’s eyes wide)” and Figuratively “very carefully/scrupulously”.
無(な)くしたコンタクトレンズを目を皿のようにして探(さが)した
I searched for my lost contact lenses scrupulously.
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