Idiomatic phrase: "At first blush"

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"At first blush": When you first see or experience something. At first glance, sight, when first seen, upon first seeing or considering something. All three phrases: At first blush/glance/ sight date from the 1300s. The noun "blush" is used with the obsolete meaning "glimpse" or "momentary view" and this idiom has nothing to do with embarrassment. In actual reality, the English phrase "At fisrt blush" is a literal translation of the Latin phrase "Prima facie" (meaning: at first appearance, at first view, before investigation//plain or clear, self-evident, obvious). "Blush" as a noun meaning "glance, sight" is obsolete except for the phrase "at (on) (the) first blush".
example sentences: 1. The contract seemed favourable at first blush, but it eventually cost me a lot of money 2. It looks at first blush like a standard smartphone Thesaurus Synonyms original adjective existing at the beginning of a period or process, before any changes have been made initial adjective happening at the beginning of a process, or when you first see or hear about something early adjective near the beginning of a period of time opening adjective showing that something is open or has begun all along adverb from the time that a situation starts to happen inaugural adjective an inaugural event is the first of a series, or the first one to be held by members of a new organization new adjective a new day, year, life etc is the start of a particular period of time, especially one that you hope will be happier or more successful early on in the early part of a process or activity at first in the beginning before something changes from the (very) first from the beginning Show me less More synonyms as of/as from used for saying that something will start to happen on a particular day, and will continue after that day at first blush when you first think about or see something at first sight/glance at the moment when you first see something or find out about something, before you know more details the earliest noun the earliest time that something can happen or be done early adjective used about the first part of an activity, process, or event early adverb near the beginning of a period of time early adverb near the beginning of someone’s life early adverb near the beginning of an event or activity early adjective used about the first people or things of a particular type first adverb at the beginning of a period of time, a situation, an activity etc for starters as the beginning or first stage of something from day one ever since the first day or the very beginning of something from/in the cradle from or at a very early time in your life from scratch from a point where nothing has been done, so that you have to do everything yourself from scratch from the beginning again, not using all the work that you have done before from the word go from the time when something starts front-end adjective relating to the start of a business process or project initial adjective used about the first of several things initially adverb at the beginning in the first instance at the beginning of a series of actions in the first place at the beginning of a situation on the threshold of something starting a new stage in your life, or having a new experience opening adjective the first of several similar things originally adverb at first (right) from the start immediately when something begins and all the time after that to begin with before or during the first part of an activity or process to start with as a beginning, or as the first thing with effect from used for saying when something will start References: 1.https://dictionary.cambridge.org 2.https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com 3. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/

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