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plate-eyed

French translation: yeux écarquillés / grands comme des soucoupes

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English term or phrase:plate-eyed
French translation:yeux écarquillés / grands comme des soucoupes
Entered by: Solen Fillatre

07:50 Jan 16, 2015
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: plate-eyed
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.
Solen Fillatre
France
Local time: 07:18
les yeux écarquillés
Explanation:
Pour pouvoir l'insérer facilement dans la phrase en question.
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Marion Feildel (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 08:18
Grading comment
Exactly, thank you! I liked "soucoupes" too but it didn't fit as well in the overall sentence.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5aux yeux grand ouverts comme des soucoupes
Christine Correcher
3les yeux écarquillés
Marion Feildel (X)


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
les yeux écarquillés


Explanation:
Pour pouvoir l'insérer facilement dans la phrase en question.

Marion Feildel (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 08:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 127
Grading comment
Exactly, thank you! I liked "soucoupes" too but it didn't fit as well in the overall sentence.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
aux yeux grand ouverts comme des soucoupes


Explanation:
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"

Christine Correcher
Local time: 07:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Béatrice DEZERALD: Absolument !
4 mins
agree  Tony M
10 mins
agree  Annie Rigler
2 hrs
agree  Susana E. Cano Méndez: J'aime bien :)
6 hrs
agree  Anne-Marie Laliberté (X)
15 hrs
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