a ojos vistas

Spanish

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Adverb

a ojos vistas

  1. (idiomatic) visibly; for all the world to see
    • 1902, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Misterio, chapter 39:
      -Y lo está -contestó categóricamente la Duquesa-. La enfermedad se ha acentuado. Su Majestad decae a ojos vistas.
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    • 1940, Reforma medica […] :
      Mas la época actual tiende, a ojos vistas, a despreciar la obra pacífica de la inteligencia
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    • 1926, Leopoldo Lugones, “chapter XXIX”, in El Angel de la Sombra:
      —Para la señorita —acertó a decir, confuso, hasta malograr a ojos vistas el cumplimiento que traía preparado.
      "For you, ma'am", he managed to say, all confused, until he visibly ruined the compliment he had prepared.

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