peering benevolence

English translation: shortsighted kindness

15:55 Mar 17, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: peering benevolence
he entered the room with a general air of peering benevolence.
gladbird
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Selected answer:shortsighted kindness
Explanation:
See the additional context in Taña's reference. The fact that he couldn't see very well made him look harmless or kindhearted.
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4 +2shortsighted kindness
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Taña Dalglish

  

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shortsighted kindness


Explanation:
See the additional context in Taña's reference. The fact that he couldn't see very well made him look harmless or kindhearted.

philgoddard
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Britten
24 mins

agree  claude-andrew
2 hrs

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I agree with explanation but think "shortsighted kindness"rather ambiguous
18 hrs
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Context, context, context, please!

http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=17942
http://www.verbalworkout.com/ub/ub107/ub10761281.htm
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Though young, his long back was already bowed, and he walked with a forward thrust of his head and a general air of peering benevolence.


https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=uMGrGeObk_wC&pg=PA374&l...
..."from behind a pair of goold-rimmed glasses" giving him "an air of peering benevolence".
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Lancelyn Green

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
18 hrs
  -> Thanks Gallagy.
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