Thursday, April 2, 2009

Mot du Jour: Oeil (Eye)



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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

œil, pl yeux /œj/ , /jø/ masculine noun eye;
ouvrir l'~ to keep one's eyes open;
fermer les yeux sur qch to turn a blind eye to sth;
acheter qch les yeux fermés to buy sth with complete confidence;
avoir l'~ à tout to be vigilant;
jeter un ~ à or sur qch to have a quick look at sth;
aux yeux de tous openly;
jeter un coup d'~ à qch to glance at sth;
avoir le coup d'~ to have a good eye;
regarder qch d'un ~ neuf to see sth in a new light;
voir qch d'un mauvais ~ to take a dim view of sth;
à mes yeux in my opinion.

COMPOUNDS:
~ de verre glass eye.

IDIOMS:
mon ~! (familiar) my eye! (colloquial), my foot! (colloquial);
à l'~ (familiar) for nothing, for free (colloquial);
faire les gros yeux à qn to glare at sb;
dévorer qn/qch des yeux to gaze longingly at sb/sth;
faire les yeux doux à qn to make eyes at sb;
tourner de l'~ (familiar) to faint;
cela me sort par les yeux (familiar) I've had it up to here (colloquial);
avoir bon pied bon ~ to be as fit as a fiddle;
sauter aux yeux to be obvious.

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