Term Gallery logo

Meanings of on the qui vive in English

Spanish
viveza

Lively attentiveness.

viveza
Usage of on the qui vive in English
1
He sat like a man who is perpetually on the qui vive.
The Illustrious Prince
2
A species of horrible curiosity kept every one on the qui vive.
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
3
We were on the qui vive till daylight, and prepared for the combat.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
4
His instinct for the truth is always on the qui vive.-C.
Our Friend John Burroughs
5
You will readily understand that all my faculties were now on the qui vive.
Castles in the Air
6
Yet these two women were certainly on the qui vive.
The Way of Ambition
7
But a man cannot always be on the qui vive.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
8
We're pretty well forward here and we have to keep on the qui vive.
The Kingdom of the Blind
9
He produced the effect of setting the men on the qui vive without alarming them.
Told in the East
10
These incidents had set the whole police force of the city on the qui vive.
Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1
11
From the gunner's mate down every man of the crew was on the qui vive.
The Boy Allies under Two Flags
12
The colonists were on the qui vive, and did not leave their post at the Chimneys.
The Mysterious Island
13
The guard was thoroughly on the qui vive by that time, if not suspicious, then officious.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
14
Instantly Byers was on the qui vive, he being nearest the point indicated by the blue flare.
Our Pilots in the Air
15
He was instantly on the qui vive.
An Original Belle
16
Every girl was on the qui vive.
Dora Thorne
Translations for on the qui vive