out of the corner of one's eye

English

Prepositional phrase

out of the corner of one's eye

1. (of a look or glance) Sideways, obliquely, askance

   I caught sight of him out of the corner of my eye.

2. (of a look or glance) With suspicion.

   When he said he would pay her back next week, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye.

Synonyms

• askance

Translations

look sideways

• Catalan: de reüll (ca), d'esquitllèbit (ca)
• Dutch: vanuit zijn ooghoek
• Finnish: syrjäsilmällä (fi)
• French: du coin de l’œil (fr)
• Galician: de esguello, de reollo
• Icelandic: sjá eitthvað út undan sér
• Italian: con la coda dell'occhio
• Norman: d'la carre d'san yi
• Polish: kątem oka
• Portuguese: de canto de olho, de rabo de olho
• Romanian: cu coada ochiului
• Serbo-Croatian: krajičkom oka
• Spanish: de reojo, de refilón, de través (es)

look with suspicion

• Catalan: de reüll (ca)
• Finnish: syrjäsilmällä (fi)
• Galician: de esguello, de reollo
• Spanish: de reojo