I have become convinced that the polarization between both sides has become worse and not better. Employees and potential employees have become increasingly aware of the issues (eyes wide open), and employers are increasingly entrenched in denial (eyes wide shut).
I used this phrase on myself when my marriage ended for reasons that I knew existed prior to but chose to ignore or had a notion I could change. In the end, I said, " Well, I went into it with my eyes wide shut".Therefore, the definition to me is very much a play on words. It doesn't only apply to a naive individual. It applies to those who choose to enter into or take on something and all the while are fully aware of the perils or dubious outcomes that may lie right before them. It's a connotation that could be one of romanticism or that of ignorance to the obvious and not listening to intuition.
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