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open eyes to

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open someone's eyes to something
to make someone understand something for the first time and know how difficult or unpleasant it is. Having children of my own opened my eyes to the hurt I had caused my parents.
See also: eye, open

open your eyes to something

close/shut your eyes to something - to pretend that something bad does not exist because you do not want to deal with it. He's finally opened his eyes to what has been going on behind his back.
See also: eye, open

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