на глаз

I

• НА ВЗГЛЯД coll

[PrepP; Invar]

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1. [adv]

⇒ outwardly:

- in appearance;

- from the looks of;

- to look at.

     ♦ На взгляд он был человек видный; черты лица его были не лишены приятности, но в эту приятность, казалось, чересчур было передано сахару... (Гоголь 3). In appearance he was an impressive-looking man, his features were rather pleasant, but this pleasantness, one could not help feeling, had much too much sugar in it... (3a).

2. на глаз чей, кого. Also: НА ГЛАЗ <-a> obs [the resulting PrepP is sent adv (usu. parenth)]

⇒ according to s.o.'s opinion, belief:

- на Х-ов взгляд{{}}≈ to X's mind;

- in X's opinion (view, book);

- as (the way) X sees it;

- the way X looks at it;

- [in limited contexts] what (which) one considers (would consider)...

     ♦ И тут Абесаломон Нартович нам выдал, на мой взгляд, хорошую новеллу (Искандер 4). At this point Abesalomon Nartovich produced what to my mind was a good short story (4a).

     ♦ Она сильно изменилась в лице, похудела и пожелтела, хотя вот уже почти две недели как могла выходить со двора. Но, на взгляд Алеши, лицо её стало как бы еще привлекательнее, и он любил, входя к ней, встречать ее взгляд (Достоевский 2). Her face was greatly changed, she had become thin and sallow, though for almost two weeks she had already been able to go out. But in Alyosha's opinion her face had become even more attractive, as it were, and he loved meeting her eyes when he entered her room (2a).

     ♦ В тридцать шестом году он рассорился с отцом - строгим, деспотичным, не желавшим мириться с кинематографическими, на его взгляд несерьёзными, увлечениями сына... (Некрасов 1). In 1936 he had quarreled with his father, who was strict, despotic, and did not wish to countenance his son's frivolous (as he saw it) enthusiasm for the movies .. (1a).

     ♦ [В старину,] по сравнению с позднейшей убористой печатью, на странице помещалось мало знаков. Маленькая, на наш взгляд, повестушка растягивалась на волюм... (Терц 3). Compared to the very close print of a later age, [in the old days] there were fewer letters to a page. A story which we would now consider short filled a whole volume... (3a).

II

• НА ГЛАЗ <НА ГЛАЗОК> определять, прикидывать

[PrepP; these forms only; adv]

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⇒ (to measure sth., judge the size of sth. etc) just by looking and approximating, without using any measuring devices:

- (measure (judge etc) sth.) by eye;

- (tell) by looking.

     ♦ Покупать скот нужен опыт, надо на глаз определить, как откормлена скотина, сколько в ней ценного мяса, сколько жира... (Рыбаков 1). It takes experience to buy animals, you have to be able to judge by eye what the animal has been fed on, how much valuable meat there is on it, and how much fat... (1a).

     ♦ "Я и так на глаз вижу, сколько там пудов в мешках!" (Искандер 5). "Anyway, I can tell by looking how many pounds there are in the sacks!" (5a).