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Rosie, just in case

My explanation for the term comes from Skeptipedia Iranica which has a spout and a picture of a yellow dressed girl with an open umbrella.

یعنی‌ آنچه که

یعنی‌ آنچه که شما میگویید پدیدار است.  به چشم آمده است. به روی چشم. چشم.  نوعی چاپلوسی، تعارف، یا اطاعت صمیمانه و یا غیر صمیمانه.

فرهنگ قدیمی‌

Both Ari and Anonymouse are right, it depend on how you say it

Even though Chashm means OK but sometimes it can be said sarcastically. For instance if someone advises me in something that it is not their business, I might sarcastically say:"Chashm" but it certainly will not mean that OK, I will do as advised. However, I could see instances that I might say Chashm as OK. But Anonymoue, as I am writiing it, it seems to me that using Chashm as OK is becoming less common.

Ari-joonisimo

i know it is not polite (formal, tarof) and that puzzled me. but the phrase following it sounds polite and antiquated. so i figured i'd have a shot at it. i do it mostly to bug...well, anyway i give myself afarines for the statue regardless of how this all turns out. as for the grain of salt, what you began with is NOT a transliteration. it is a simple translation which you put through a whole salt shaker. A transliteration would be 'cheshm' or 'chashm' itself.

C'mon Ari, you know that.You are too smart. Sometimes your brain must get too packed and things fall out of it.

Ari jaan I'd word associate Chashm with OK. Simple ok.

Everything is sacred

Polite, my eye

well it should be calming

it comes from a buddhist site that sells yogic and buddhist items.

themiddleway.net

//www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=//themiddleway.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/bowing_figures.jpg&imgrefurl=//themiddleway.net/%3Fattachment_id%3D173&usg=__wgEa0l_yOD-3Gu2eSGR9tw65MfY=&h=500&w=333&sz=28&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=SmPlSH1q0_oAuM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstatue%2Bbowing%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D816%26bih%3D460%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=132&vpy=43&dur=2033&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=90&ty=171&ei=lV5YTPLxKInFnAempYT9CA&page=1&ndsp=6&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

Also a good decor 4 a therapy desk! Or an anniversary gift!

Somehow it exudes a calm effect! 

Everything is sacred

Mouse,

he probably got it here:

//www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=816&bih=460&q=statue+bowing&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

hint: google image search 'statue bowing'

when i did it it was on page three. as of now it moved up to the first image. 

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Agreement, acceptance of a suggestion (or order!)

• چشم [chashm] lit. 'eye' = 'ok; yes sir; I'll do it; consider it done' - once it was accompanied by the gesture of putting hands on one's eyelids to show that you'll 'look to it' and not forget to fulfill the request or order
• چشمتان بی بلا [cheshmetān bi balā] 'no calamity on your eye' - a customary reply to the aboveine

source: //www.peterlin.jzn.pl/taarofaat.html

• If Red Wine already said this, please exxxcuse the redundancy. whether it's right or wrong.

This would be a good avatar! Where did it come from?

Everything is sacred

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