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French Expression
| Meaning | to be obvious, to be strikingly evident, to stick out a mile | |
| Literally | to leap to the eyes | |
| Register | normal | |
| Pronunciation |  |
[so tay o zyeu] |
| IPA | [so te zo jø] | |
Usage notes: When something is obvious, your eyes are drawn to it, or rather – according to the French expression sauter aux yeux – it is drawn to your eyes. You can use this idiomatic expression in reference to visible objects as well as intangibles like truth and feelings.
Par exemple…
| Elle est malade, cela saute aux yeux. | She’s obviously sick; It’s blindingly obvious that she’s sick. | |
| Deux fautes de frappe m’ont immédiatement sauté aux yeux. | Two typos immediately leapt off the page at me. | |
| Avec du recul, la vérité sautait aux yeux. | In hindsight, the truth was blindingly obvious. |
Synonyms
- c’est clair
- c’est évident
- crever les yeux – ça crève les yeux (literally, “that bursts the eyes”)
- évidemment – obviously
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