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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

abbiamo gli occhi puntati addosso

English translation:

all eyes are on/upon us

Added to glossary by Barbara Cochran, MFA
Apr 19, 2016 14:50
8 yrs ago
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Italian term

abbiamo gli occhi puntati addosso

Italian to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters In A Historical Novel
Contesto (Columbus is telling a woman with whom he had an affair, and who is the mother of one of his children, that he can't marry her because she is not a noblewoman):

"Purtroppo, però, non posso nemmeno averti come amante, perché anche questo non posso farlo. Ecco perché se voglio vederti, devo farlo di nascosto. Tanto più che tutti sanno che ho avuto una relazione con te. Abbiamo gli occhi puntati addosso."

Grazie,

Barbara
Change log

Apr 24, 2016 12:27: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Rachel Fell

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Proposed translations

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all eyes are upon us

Hi Barbara, just another option for you!
Peer comment(s):

agree Inter-Tra : '..on us'. this is the idiomatic expression: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/all eyes are on
4 hrs
Both are fine but I prefer 'upon us' in the context of Columbus
agree Lisa Jane : On or upon is fine
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Everybody is watching us.

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all eyes are fixed on us

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the whole world is watching us

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