twenty-twenty

twenty-twenty
or 20/20 adjective Etymology: from the testing of vision by reading letters at a distance of 20 feet Date: 1875 1. of the human eye meeting a standard of normal visual acuity <
twenty-twenty vision
>
2. marked by facilely accurate discernment, judgment, or assessment <
hindsight is twenty-twenty
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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