a ollos vistos
Galician
Etymology
Literally, "at sighted eyes".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aˈɔʎos ˈβistʊs]
Prepositional phrase
a ollos vistos
- in plain sight
- 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:
- Cada vez a cousa engorda,
- como que incha a ollos vistos,
- Pro, si incha, non estoura;
- como o pelexo enteirizo
- da castaña agüenta e fofa
- pra levála o enemincho;
- Cando máis, si algo rebenta,
- e arregaña, é o ourizo,
- pra guindar limpa a castaña
- e roer fruto tan rico
- The thing grows at every time,
- as it swells in plain sight,
- but, although it swells, it does not burst;
- as the one-piece peel
- of the soft watery chestnuts
- you take to an enemy;
- at most, if something pops
- and cracks is the burr,
- to throw clean the chestnut
- and nibble such a rich fruit
- 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferro-carril Compostelano:
References
- “a ollos vistos” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.