Definition

1. Phrase:
   • To be out of sight: The primary meaning of "khuất mắt" is to be or go somewhere where one can no longer be seen by a specific person or people. It implies removing oneself from someone's field of vision.
   • To be gone / to disappear from view: It describes the state of having vanished from sight, often with a connotation of relief or removal of an annoyance.

Usage Examples

• Phrase:
  • Cậu hãy đi cho khuất mắt tôi! (Just go away and get out of my sight!)
  • Khi chiếc tàu đã khuất mắt, cô ấy mới quay về. (She only returned home after the ship had disappeared from view.)
  • Để nó ở phòng khác cho khuất mắt. (Put it in another room so it's out of sight.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in imperative or desiderative constructions to express a strong wish for someone or something irritating to leave one's presence.
  • Tôi chỉ muốn hắn biến cho khuất mắt. (I just want him to vanish from sight.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khuất bóng (phrase): to be out of sight, to be absent; often used more poetically.

  • Người ấy đã khuất bóng sau rặng cây. (That person disappeared behind the row of trees.)

• Khuất dạng (phrase, formal): to be out of sight, to disappear from view.

• Biến mất (verb): to disappear, to vanish.

Synonyms

• Out of sight: No longer visible.
• Gone from view: Having disappeared from the visual field.
• Out of one's sight: Specifically removed from a person's vision.

Related Idioms

• Cho khuất mắt: (Do something) to get it/them out of sight. This is the most common idiomatic usage, expressing a desire to remove an unpleasant sight.
  • Dọn đống đồ lộn xộn này đi cho khuất mắt. (Clear up this messy pile to get it out of sight.)