May 4, 2018 · You can look in a mirror when you're shaving to make sure you didn't miss a spot. You can look into a mirror, forgetting your surroundings and getting lost in the image. You can …

Feb 7, 2021 · 'In the mirror' seems more akin to 'off the wall' or 'off the cuff' where there is phrasal coherence. We could say 'Look at yourself in a concave mirror' but not 'look at yourself in the …

Feb 8, 2011 · So then look myself in the eye and look at myself in the mirror get conflated as look myself in the mirror, which doesn’t quite fit either of those patterns, nor the standard usage of …

Jun 24, 2024 · What @StuartF: Look behind the mirror is a fairly daft metaphoric usage (with relatively little currency), since what's actually behind the mirror is usually the wall. It makes …

Aug 23, 2017 · We say "in the mirror". Like many common phrases, you could make a logical or technical argument why we should say something differently. But what people actually say is …

Jun 15, 2020 · In the movie "White Chamber", the man said "Look at yourselves in the mirror." (see the script) But many native speakers say that we have to say "Look at your reflection in …

Mirrored objects appear to be inside the mirror. Through the mirror implies the object is on the other side of the mirror and the light is passing through the mirror. Light doesn't pass through a …

May 15, 2016 · A rearview mirror is for looking behind you when you're driving a car. So to say something is "in the rearview mirror" means that it's behind you - in this context, in the past. …

Sometimes when I look into a mirror, I see a vague vision of a woman standing behind me and when I turn my head she's gone: there is no one. I don't think the word is haunted because I …

Sep 17, 2020 · Addendum: As for the mirror image of letters, any letter, symmetrical or asymmetrical, has its own mirror image. Symmetrical letters, such as W, M, O, H or T, will …