a bird's-eye view of Tauride Palace (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
bird's-eye view (plural bird's-eye views )
( idiomatic ) The view from directly or high above .
Looking down from the seventh floor balcony gave them a bird's-eye view of the street below.
1960 , P. G. Wodehouse , Jeeves in the Offing , chapter VIII:“What makes you think there is a mouse in this room?” “The evidence points that way.” [...] “And why were you standing on a chair?” “Sort of just trying to get a bird's-eye view , as it were.” “Do you often go looking for mice in other people's rooms?”
( by extension ) A general overview or summary of a topic .
view from directly or high above
Belarusian: з вышыні́ птушы́нага палёту ( z vyšyní ptušýnaha paljótu , literally “ from the height of a bird's flight ” ) ( prepositional phrase )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鳥瞰 / 鸟瞰 (zh) ( niǎokàn )
Czech: ptačí perspektiva f
Danish: fugleperspektiv n
Dutch: vogelperspectief (nl) n
Estonian: linnulennuline ülevaade
Finnish: lintuperspektiivi (fi)
French: plongée (fr) f , vue plongeante f , vue aérienne (fr) f
German: Vogelperspektive (de) f
Greek: υπερευρυγώνια όραση f ( yperevrygónia órasi ) , πανοραμική άποψη f ( panoramikí ápopsi ) , εναέρια άποψη f ( enaéria ápopsi )
Gujarati: વિહંગાવલોકન ( vihaṅgāvlokan ) , ઊડતી નજર ( ūḍatī najar )
Hungarian: madártávlat (hu)
Italian: vista a volo d'uccello f , prospettiva a volo d'uccello f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 조감(鳥瞰) (ko) ( jogam )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fugleperspektiv n
Nynorsk: fugleperspektiv n
Polish: z lotu ptaka (pl)
Russian: с высоты́ пти́чьего полёта (ru) ( s vysotý ptíčʹjevo poljóta , literally “ from the height of a bird's flight ” ) ( prepositional phrase )
Serbo-Croatian: ptičja perspektiva f
Spanish: vista aérea f , vista elevada f , vista de pájaro f
Telugu: విహంగ వీక్షణ ( vihaṅga vīkṣaṇa )
Turkish: kuş bakışı (tr)
Ukrainian: з висоти́ пташи́ного польо́ту ( z vysotý ptašýnoho polʹótu , literally “ from the height of a bird's flight ” ) ( prepositional phrase )