on sight | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Immediatelywhensighted.I recognized himon sight.1962October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, inModern Railways, page232:"Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stopon sightbehind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.2018December 1, Drachinifel, 10:12 from the start, inAnti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron‎[1], archived fromthe originalon29 November 2024:Somewhat unsurprisingly, unleashing the most powerful navy on the planet with carte blanche to exterminate slaverson sightsaw a dramatic and sudden collapse in slaver numbers in the late 1840s and early 1850s.; (by extension)Immediatelyupon coming to one'sattention.He dismissed the ideaon sight.

Examples:

EN: "Bradford has got the key... and he's warned me that he'll shoot me on sight."
ES: "Bradford tiene la llave, y me ha advertido que me disparará en cuanto me vea."
EN: He will kill you on sight.
ES: Te matará en el acto.
EN: I'll shoot on sight every Abolitionist who dares defile the soil of old Virginia.
ES: Dispararé a todo abolicionista que ose deshonrar el suelo de Virginia.
EN: He'd shoot on sight. Weapons aren't everything in the jungle.
ES: Las armas no lo son todo en la jungla.
EN: Her merchandise is the kind that sells on sight.
ES: Su mercancía es de las que se venden a la vista.
EN: Apprehend on sight Robert Kirkwood, five-and-a-half, son of Robert Kirkwood, lawyer.
ES: Se busca a Robert Kirkwood, de cinco años y medio de edad, es hijo del abogado Kirkwood.
EN: Why, even the cops and the newsboys recognize me on sight.
ES: Hasta la poli y los repartidores de periódicos me reconocen.
EN: He'll shoot you on sight.
ES: Te disparará en cuanto te vea.
EN: So will I. I'll tell her I'll shoot any other nurse on sight.
ES: Yo también, le diré que si me manda otra la mataré.
EN: Pirates on alarm on sight!
ES: ¡Piratas en alarma al verlo!
EN: You know, Washington wants us to shoot on sight.
ES: Washington quiere que disparemos al verlo.
EN: They'd shoot you on sight, you wouldn't get a chance to explain.
ES: Dispararan antes de que consiga hablar.
EN: McCall, a year ago I'd have shot you dead on sight.
ES: McCall, hace un año te hubiera matado en el acto.
EN: His orders are to shoot on sight.
ES: Hay que disparar a matar.
EN: She hated me on sight, and I reciprocated the feeling.
ES: Me detestó nada mas verme... debo decir que el sentimiento fue mutuo.

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