раньше и в глаза не видел(sb. – кого-л.: Англо-русский фразеологический словарь под ред. А.В. Кунина: "I tell you, my own brother hunted all through here, and he met a good many Indians who'd never laid eyes on a white man before!" (D. Carter, Fatherless Sons) -- "Я тебе говорю -- мой родной брат охотился в этих местах и сколько раз встречал индейцев, которые белых раньше и в глаза не видели!"ART Vancouver)
никогда раньше в глаза не видел(sb. – кого-л.: Intriguingly, this shared-death phenomenon does not occur only to loved ones of the dying. "Several years ago, my wife and I got a call from an ER doctor who had been called to the ER to resuscitate a patient he had never laid eyes on. And as this guy was dying, the physician saw that the patient's life springing up around him," Moody marveled.coasttocoastam.comART Vancouver)
