{"id":22587,"date":"2015-10-23T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22587"},"modified":"2017-10-24T12:00:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:00:40","slug":"an-eye-for-french-vocab-words-with-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/an-eye-for-french-vocab-words-with-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"An Eye for French Vocab – Words with “Eye”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, October is here (but Josh, October is almost over!<\/em> I know, shhh…)! Tis the season for piles of leaves, scary costumes, sweaters, and pumpkin spice everything. For me, October has always been a sad time of year. Everything in nature is going from green<\/a>\u00a0to beautiful shades of red and orange, all before turning brown and dying. It’s just a reminder that a few months of bitter cold is about to come. Oh joy.<\/p>\n

This is the wrong perspective to have, though. Fall doesn’t only bring coldness, and there are many new things to try and revisit this time of year (Hocus Pocus, anyone?). Fall has its own little emblems that aren’t as relevant the rest of the year – les sorci\u00e8res<\/strong> (witches), les citrouilles<\/strong> (pumpkins), les fant\u00f4mes <\/strong>(ghosts), les labyrinthes en ma\u00efs <\/strong>(corn mazes), les cornes d’abondance<\/strong> (cornucopias), and les chats noirs<\/strong> (black cats), for example.<\/p>\n

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Not saying that black cats<\/a>\u00a0aren’t relevant the rest of the year. All kitties are! But they definitely are linked to this time of the year because les gens superstitieux<\/strong> (superstitious people) believe they are a symbol for bad luck. Well, whether you believe that or not isn’t important. We’re going to be focusing on 2 small, but very important parts of a cat.<\/p>\n

Cat eyes seemingly have a life of their own. Their pupils change shapes and can give the felines a vastly different look (and one that we try to emulate – cat eye glasses and cat eye makeup…). Today we’re going to focus on vocabulary and expressions with les yeux<\/strong> in French. I’m setting this one up a little differently today. Normally I separate the new words by how they’re used (expressions, simple vocabulary, etc.), but today I’m doing expressions in French and ones in English with their French equivalents. Pourquoi<\/strong> ? We use “eye” a lot in English, and translating it into French directly might not work out so well…<\/p>\n

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Expressions in French:<\/p>\n

au niveau des yeux<\/strong> – at eye level
\navoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre<\/strong> – your eyes are bigger than your stomach
\navoir l’\u0153il pour<\/strong> – to have the eye for
\nbon pied bon \u0153il<\/strong> – in good health
\ncela co\u00fbte les yeux de la t\u00eate<\/strong> – that costs an arm and a leg
\nd\u00e9vorer quelqu’un des yeux \/ faire de l’\u0153il \u00e0 quelqu’un<\/strong>– to eye someone attractive
\ndu coin de l’\u0153il<\/strong> – out of the corner of your eye
\nen un clin d’\u0153il<\/strong> – in the blink of an eye
\nla prunelle de tes yeux<\/strong> – apple of somebody’s eye
\nle compte-gouttes pour les yeux<\/strong> – eye dropper
\nle mauvais \u0153il<\/strong> (also le regard m\u00e9chant<\/strong>) – evil eye
\nloin des yeux, loin du coeur<\/strong> – out of sight, out of mind
\nmon \u0153il !<\/strong> – I don’t believe you!
\nn’avoir pas froid aux yeux<\/strong> – to be courageous
\nn’avoir plus que ses yeux pour pleurer<\/strong> – to have lost everything
\nne pas avoir les yeux dans sa poche<\/strong> – to be very observant
\nne pas pouvoir fermer l’\u0153il de la nuit<\/strong> – can’t sleep
\n\u0153il au beurre noir<\/strong> – black eye
\n\u0153il pour \u0153il dent pour dent<\/strong> – an eye for an eye
\nse mettre le doigt dans l’\u0153il<\/strong> – to make an error
\nun cache-\u0153il<\/strong> (also un bandeau<\/strong>) – eye patch
\nun \u0153il de verre<\/strong> – glass eye
\nun \u0153il parasseux<\/strong> – lazy eye<\/p>\n

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Expressions\/Vocabulary from English into French:<\/p>\n

bird’s eye view – la vue d’avion
\n<\/strong>bull’s eye – le cenre d’une cible<\/strong>
\ncatch somebody’s eye – attirer l’attention de quelqu’un
\n<\/strong>eye contact – le contact visuel<\/strong>
\neye doctor – un\/e ophtalmologiste<\/strong> (often shortened to opthalmo<\/strong>)
\neye drops – les gouttes ophtalmiques<\/strong>
\neye exam – un teste de vision<\/strong> (or \u00a0de vue<\/strong>)
\neye opener – une r\u00e9v\u00e9lation<\/strong>
\neye to eye – avoir le m\u00eame point de vue<\/strong>
\nin the public eye – sur le devant de la sc\u00e8ne<\/strong>
\nmore than meets the eye – plus qu’il n’y parait<\/strong>
\nto have your eye on somebody [watch] – surveiller<\/strong>
\nto have your eye on something [want] – lorgner sur<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ah, October is here (but Josh, October is almost over! I know, shhh…)! Tis the season for piles of leaves, scary costumes, sweaters, and pumpkin spice everything. For me, October has always been a sad time of year. Everything in nature is going from green\u00a0to beautiful shades of red and orange, all before turning brown…<\/p>\n

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