They took the wool away from my eyes

This malaphor was spotted on a review of the Wyndham Midtown 45 hotel on Booking.com.  Vanessa, the reviewer, was enchanted by the hotel and said “they took the wool away from my eyes.”

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This is a mashup of “pulled the wool over our eyes” (to deceive) and “take (one’s) breath away” (to overwhelm someone with beauty or grandeur).  I guess once the wool was removed she was able to see clearly.  This one reminds me of an earlier malaphor posting, “he pulled the rug over my eyes”  https://malaphors.com/2016/06/08/he-pulled-the-rug-over-their-eyes/  Deceit and beauty seem to go together…. A big thank you to Diana Greenhalgh for spotting this one and sending it in!