at a glance

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

at a glance

1. (idiomatic) Upon cursory examination.

   This report is certainly not comprehensive; it is more of a "Marketing Division at a glance".

   At a glance it seems that he is a nice guy, but upon digging deeper the truth emerges.

Translations

on cursory examination

• Finnish: ensivilkaisulla, yhdellä silmäyksellä
• French: à première vue (fr), à vue de nez (fr), au jugé (fr), au doigt mouillé (fr)
• Italian: a prima vista
• Latvian: no pirmā acu uzmetiena
• Polish: na pierwszy rzut oka (pl)
• Portuguese: de relance (pt), por alto (pt), num primeiro olhar
• Russian: на пе́рвый взгля́д (ru) (na pérvyj vzgljád); с пе́рвого взгля́да (s pérvovo vzgljáda); сра́зу (ru) (srázu)
• Swedish: på ytan, vid första anblick

See also

• at first glance