adv.
as a first impression

first blush Idiom, Proverb

at first blush

when first seen, without careful study At first blush he seemed like a good worker but later we had many problems with him.

at first blush|blush|first blush

adv. phr. When first seen; without careful study. At first blush the offer looked good, but when we studied it, we found things we could not accept.

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at aboriginal blush

Upon aboriginal seeing or because something. At aboriginal blush, I anticipation the abode was great, but the inspector's account of problems afflicted my opinion. The arrangement did assume favorable at aboriginal blush, but it eventually amount me a lot of money.Learn more: blush, first

at aboriginal blush

Also, at aboriginal glance or afterimage . Back aboriginal seen. For example, At aboriginal bloom we anticipation it was an affected restaurant, but it anon became accessible that it was hardly the abode for a appropriate banquet , or At aboriginal glance the arrangement looked aloof fine. All three phrases date from the 1300s. The noun blush is acclimated with the anachronistic acceptation "glimpse" or "momentary view" and in this argot has annihilation to do with assuming embarrassment. Also see love at aboriginal sight. Learn more: blush, first

first blush, at

Without above-mentioned knowledge; at aboriginal glance. The ancient use of this announcement dates from the sixteenth century, back blush meant not a bloom of the cheeks with embarrassment but “glimpse.” Thus, “Able at the aboriginal blushe to discearne accuracy from falsehood,” wrote Philip Stubbes (The Anatomie of Abuses, 2:7) in 1583.Learn more: first

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firing line, on the firm first first base first blush first cousin first thing fish fire under fire up fire with anger fireball fire-breather fire-breathing fired up firewater fireworks firing firing line firing line, on the firing on all cylinders firing/working on all cylinders firm firm hand firm hand on the tiller firm up first first (some place), then the world first among equals first and foremost first and last first annual first blood first blush first blush, at first catch your hare first come first served first come, first served first cousin first crack at first deserve and then desire first dibs on something first for first first go first hand first hundred years are the hardest first impression first impressions are the most lasting first in, best dressed first leg first loser first love first magnitude/order/water, of the first of all first off first off/up first past the post first port of call first refusal

English Vocalbulary

at first sight at hand at heart at home at issue at large at last at least at leisure at length at loggerheads at long last at most at odds at once at one time at peace at present