at first blush

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From an obsolete sense of blush meaning to glance at.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: առաջին հայացքից (aṙaǰin hayacʻkʻicʻ) — upon first impression or consideration
• Chinese Mandarin: 乍看 (zhàkàn) — upon first impression or consideration
• Chinese Mandarin: 乍聽 /乍听 (zhàtīng) — upon first impression or consideration
• Czech: na první dojem — upon first impression or consideration
• Dutch: op het eerste gezicht — upon first impression or consideration
• Esperanto: unuavide — upon first impression or consideration
• Estonian: esmapilgul — upon first impression or consideration
• Finnish: ensi näkemältä — upon first impression or consideration
• Finnish: ensi näkemällä — upon first impression or consideration
• Finnish: ensi vilkaisulta — upon first impression or consideration
• Finnish: ensi vailkaisulla — upon first impression or consideration
• Finnish: ensi silmäykseltä — upon first impression or consideration
• Finnish: ensi silmäyksellä — upon first impression or consideration
• French: à première vue — upon first impression or consideration
• French: au premier abord — upon first impression or consideration
• French: de prime abord — upon first impression or consideration
• German: auf den ersten Blick — upon first impression or consideration
• Greek: εκ πρώτης όψεως (ek prótis ópseos) — upon first impression or consideration
• Greek: εκ πρώτης εντύπωσης (ek prótis entýposis) — upon first impression or consideration
• Greek: εκ πρώτης όψης (ek prótis ópsis) — upon first impression or consideration
• Greek: εκ πρώτης εντύπωσεως (ek prótis entýposeos) — upon first impression or consideration
• Greek: με μια πρώτη ματιά (me mia próti matiá) — upon first impression or consideration
• Italian: a prima vista — upon first impression or consideration
• Polish: na pierwszy rzut oka — upon first impression or consideration
• Portuguese: à primeira vista — upon first impression or consideration
• Russian: на пе́рвый взгляд (na pérvyj vzgljad) — upon first impression or consideration
• Spanish: a primera vista — upon first impression or consideration
• Spanish: al principio — upon first impression or consideration