wide open

grand ouvert

Ouvert autant que possible, sans rien qui ferme l’espace.

En anglais simple : Open as far as possible, with nothing closing the space.

• The window is wide open.
• She stared with her mouth wide open.
• Who left the gate wide open?

Synonymes : fully open

Contraires : closed

Expressions courantes : wide open door, eyes wide open

indécis, très ouvert

Pas encore décidé, avec plusieurs résultats encore possibles.

En anglais simple : Not yet decided, with several different results still possible.

• The race is wide open.
• Yesterday’s result left the championship wide open.
• With three strong candidates, the election remains wide open.

Synonymes : undecided, unsettled

Contraires : decided

Expressions courantes : wide open race, contest wide open

vulnérable, exposé

Sans protection suffisante contre les dommages, les attaques ou les critiques.

En anglais simple : Without enough protection against harm, attack, or criticism.

• Their defense was wide open.
• These weak passwords leave you wide open to attack.
• His careless comments left him wide open to criticism.

Comment l'utiliser : wide open to something (The mistake left us wide open to criticism.)

Synonymes : vulnerable, exposed

Contraires : protected

Expressions courantes : wide open to criticism, leave someone wide open

démarqué

Sans adversaire assez proche pour empêcher une passe ou un tir.

En anglais simple : With no opposing player close enough to stop a pass or shot.

• The striker was wide open.
• She found a wide open teammate near the basket.
• Why didn’t you pass when I was wide open?

Synonymes : unmarked

Contraires : marked

Expressions courantes : wide open receiver, player wide open

sans loi

Sans règles efficaces ni contrôle policier, ce qui permet aux activités illégales de se dérouler librement.

En anglais simple : With no effective rules or police control, so illegal activities happen freely.

• It was a wide open town.
• Gambling flourished in that wide open settlement.
• The new sheriff brought order to the wide open frontier town.

Synonymes : lawless

Contraires : lawful

Expressions courantes : wide open town, wide open settlement

à large écart initial

Avec une grande différence entre les prix d’achat et de vente au début des échanges.

En anglais simple : Having a large gap between buying and selling prices when trading begins.

• The market was wide open at the start.
• Few early orders left prices wide open.
• Dealers faced a wide open market, with bids far below offers.

Expressions courantes : wide open market, market wide open