a perdita d'occhio
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “at loss of eye”. Compare French à perte de vue.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- as far as the eye can see; vast, long, or boundless
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Il rispetto mistico che sentiva per lei si mescolava con la vista del cielo pallido, limpido, disteso oltre i comignoli a perdita d'occhio.
- The mystical reverence that he felt for her was somehow mixed up with the aspect of the pale, cloudless sky, stretching away behind the chimney-pots into interminable distance.
- (literally, “The mystical respect that he felt for her got mixed with the sight of the pale, bright sky, stretched out beyond the chimneys as far as the eye can see.”)