Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
plate-eyed
French translation:
yeux écarquillés / grands comme des soucoupes
Added to glossary by
Solen Fillatre
Jan 16, 2015 07:50
9 yrs ago
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English term
France
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Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, French
plate-eyed
English to French
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
A boy arriving in a horrible, cockroaches-infested, mean boarding school
The welcoming committee of fellow students who greeted me resembled crazed, ***plate-eyed*** convicts who couldn’t wait to escape.
The welcoming committee of fellow students who greeted me resembled crazed, ***plate-eyed*** convicts who couldn’t wait to escape.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 | les yeux écarquillés |
Marion Feildel (X)
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| 3 +5 | aux yeux grand ouverts comme des soucoupes |
Christine Correcher
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Proposed translations
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les yeux écarquillés
Pour pouvoir l'insérer facilement dans la phrase en question.
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Comment: "Exactly, thank you! I liked "soucoupes" too but it didn't fit as well in the overall sentence."
+5
6 mins
aux yeux grand ouverts comme des soucoupes
http://www.languefrancaise.net/bob/detail.php?id=27523
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-16 14:08:29 GMT)
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dans cette phrase, je pense que l'on peut ramener l'expression à "yeux comme des soucoupes"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-16 14:08:29 GMT)
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dans cette phrase, je pense que l'on peut ramener l'expression à "yeux comme des soucoupes"
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