figuratively, an understanding of a problem or situation that is based on actualknowledge of the people, details, factors, etc., involved; a revealing or detailed perspective of some subject. Eye view means "a view" and is a term usually used with a possessive noun (such as worm's, bird's, child's or parent's) to denote what is seen from the viewpoint of the person or thing specified. Worm's-eye view originated in the early 1900s and refers to the viewpoint of a worm; literally, a view that is at groundlevel or on the underside of something, thus a close up look.