TWENTY-TWENTY


Meaning of TWENTY-TWENTY in English

ˌtwenty-ˈtwenty BrE AmE , 20/20 noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: From normal sight being judged on the ability to read letters at a distance of 20 feet ]

1 . twenty-twenty vision the ability to see things normally, without needing glasses:

A pilot must have twenty-twenty vision.

2 . twenty-twenty hindsight used to say that it is easy to know what you should have done in a situation after it has happened, but you did not know what to do earlier

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.