I want to say that someone has knowledge of something becuase they are livingand experiencing it. "Bird's eye view" does not seem like the correct idiom. Do you know one that will fit?
2006-09-14 08:54:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The veiw that a bird would have,a view from above.
Someone can be "The voice of experience",does this fit?
2006-09-14 08:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bird's eye view just means "from above"- the perspective of a bird. I'm not aware of any particular phrase that would describe what you're saying beyond:
1) on the job training (for a job)
2) real world experience (as opposed to text book or classroom).
Not sure what else...I'll be curious to see what others say.
2006-09-14 16:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by QandAGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the early days Cartographers would literally climb trees in order to get a bird's eye view in order to create maps. You will see a lot of old maps in museums that reference the bird's eye view.
Normally when some is the source of first hand knowledge you would say you got the information "straight from the horse's mouth"
2006-09-14 16:07:26 · answer #3 · answered by N L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmh. I think that your situation is REALLY hard to put an idiom. I've heard a question really similar to yours (The person wanted the same type of idiom) and I thought for hours and couldn't think of one.... but no, bird's-eye view means a view from straight up, so it wouldn't work for your situation.
2006-09-14 16:00:50 · answer #4 · answered by Strykar Zee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birds eye view means being able to see from above as if flying. You get a wider more objective view from this angle. It seems like you are looking for something like "being in the moment".
2006-09-14 15:57:49 · answer #5 · answered by Stacy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct idiom is "first hand view" meaning just
as you said living it in the here and now.
2006-09-14 16:05:55 · answer #6 · answered by jeanie601 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looking down on something just like a bird flying and looking down
2006-09-14 15:57:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a more open view
2006-09-14 16:04:27 · answer #8 · answered by poppygal13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aerial view
2006-09-15 05:23:42 · answer #9 · answered by betty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you would see if you looked from 'above' .. looking down.
2006-09-14 15:59:12 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋