Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
être dans l'oeil du cyclone
English translation:
to be in the eye of the storm
Added to glossary by
Nadia Stephanov
Nov 14, 2007 20:20
16 yrs ago
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French term
Switzerland
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oeil du cyclone
French to English
Art/Literary
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Etre dans l'oeil du cyclone
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +18 | to be in the eye of the storm |
suezen
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| 5 -1 | eye of the hurricane |
peekay
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| 4 | eye of the tempest |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
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to be in the eye of the storm
same idea ... to be right in the thick of it or in the path of the storm (trouble!)
In the Eye of the Storm: An Ayacucho Trip Report, Part I, December 20, 1990, Confidential, 19 pp. ...
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB64/ - 64k
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-11-14 20:28:44 GMT)
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The man in the eye of the storm is accused of selling secrets to the enemy. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of the eye of the storm (= the middle of ...
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/eye of the storm
Alister Cameron in the eye of the storm. Saturday, June 02, 2007 ... Recommended Read Award · The Meaning of Blogging - digital story · Youlicit - Relevant ...
http://sueblimelybt.blogspot.com/2007/06/alister-cameron-in-...
In the Eye of the Storm: An Ayacucho Trip Report, Part I, December 20, 1990, Confidential, 19 pp. ...
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB64/ - 64k
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-11-14 20:28:44 GMT)
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The man in the eye of the storm is accused of selling secrets to the enemy. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of the eye of the storm (= the middle of ...
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/eye of the storm
Alister Cameron in the eye of the storm. Saturday, June 02, 2007 ... Recommended Read Award · The Meaning of Blogging - digital story · Youlicit - Relevant ...
http://sueblimelybt.blogspot.com/2007/06/alister-cameron-in-...
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Comment: "Thanks a lot for this idiom!"
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eye of the hurricane
it looks like the phenomenon to which experts attribute such an eye (epicentre) is a cyclone or a hurricane, so that would be the official term. I would shy away from storm because it is a little too vague, encompassing various types of extreme weather phenomena.
Plus, hurricane is listed as a synonym for cyclone in the dcitionary.
Plus, hurricane is listed as a synonym for cyclone in the dcitionary.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Sheila Wilson
: Although I agree with the translation, the asker posted this in the "idioms" category
12 mins
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| neutral |
Cetacea
: If the asker was looking for a metereological term, you'd be correct. However, the idiom is "the eye of the storm".
15 mins
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| disagree |
Laura Tridico
: This is too literal - the parallel idiom is "eye of the storm".
1 hr
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1 hr
eye of the tempest
Less prosaically.
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