a occhio e croce

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, at eye and cross.

Adverb

a occhio e croce

  1. about, approximately, more or less, at a guess
    Synonyms: all'incirca, circa, approssimativamente, più o meno
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      A occhio e croce l'avrebbe detto il corpo di un sessantenne affetto da un male inguaribile.
      At a guess he would have said that it was the body of a man of sixty, suffering from some malignant disease.
      (literally, “At a guess he would have said it was the body of a sixty-year-old affected by an incurable disease.”)