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à prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuiusto go out of sight, disappear.Rate it:

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c'est un beau venir y voirA pretty sight indeed!Rate it:

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catch sight ofto see for a brief period; to get a glimpse ofRate it:

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cet homme est ma bête noire (mon cauchemar)That man is my pet aversion; I hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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comme vous voilà arrangé!What a sight you look!Rate it:

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coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.Rate it:

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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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dead menThe ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.Rate it:

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dichosos los ojos que te venlong time no see, you're a sight for sore eyesRate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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eye candyAny object or sight with considerable visual appeal.Rate it:

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feast for the eyesVisually pleasing sight.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectumto keep out of a person's sight.Rate it:

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go toTo attend an event or a sight.Rate it:

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heave in sightTo appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision.Rate it:

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hidden in plain sightSeemingly hidden, but actually not hidden and easy to find.Rate it:

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hide in plain sightTo be unnoticeable, by staying visible in a setting that masks presence.Rate it:

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if looks could killA phrase said upon catching sight of someone's giving you a particularly nasty look of discontent or disapproval.Rate it:

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il traduit à livre ouvertHe translates at sight.Rate it:

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in conspectu omnium or omnibus inspectantibusbefore every one, in the sight of the world.Rate it:

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in plain sightvery easy to see or notice especially when it is supposed to be hiddenRate it:

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into thin airImmediately and inexplicably out of sight.Rate it:

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j'y vois troubleI see dimly; My sight is dim.Rate it:

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je ne peux pas le voir même en peintureI hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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liber deperditusa book which has been entirely lost sight of.Rate it:

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Liebe auf den ersten Blicklove at first sightRate it:

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loin des yeux, loin du cœurOut of sight, out of mind.Rate it:

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lose sight ofTo be no longer able to see.Rate it:

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lose sight ofTo fail to remember; to overlook or neglect.Rate it:

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love at first sightan instantaneous attractionRate it:

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ma vue baisseI am getting short-sighted; My sight is failing.Rate it:

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not a pretty sightSomething visually unappealing, ranging from mildly unattractive to utterly disgusting in appearance.Rate it:

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not a pretty sightSomething disappointing, disquieting, disreputable, or otherwise unworthy of admiration.Rate it:

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oculos pascere aliqua re (also simply pasci aliqua re)to feast one's eyes with the sight of...Rate it:

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oculos, lumina amittereto lose one's sight.Rate it:

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on sightImmediately when sighted.Rate it:

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out of sightSuperb, excellent.Rate it:

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out of sightNot accessible to view.Rate it:

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out of sightIn hiding.Rate it:

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out of sightHow was the party? Out of sight, man!.Rate it:

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out of sightYou better stay out of sight for a few days.Rate it:

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out of sightThe notice was out of sight behind the door.Rate it:

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out of sight, out of mindWhen something is not nearby, it is forgotten about.Rate it:

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Out of Sight, Out of MindYou forget people that are no longer visible, if you don’t see someone for a while, you tend to forgetRate it:

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pick outto detect using one's senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste)Rate it:

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rich a sight!Extremely Sweet, concentrated goodness.Rate it:

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