English translation of "était on ne peut guère plus rouge" - "was on redder than red alert"

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140 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	était on ne peut guère plus rouge
Context:	Il posa la question à Monsieur Durand en soulignant qu'en France, Vigipirate était on ne peut guère plus rouge.

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140 months ago

Marie-Claire wrote:

was on redder than red alert

My comment:

I found "red alert" in the dictionary, but I am not sure about my "redder than red" suggestion.

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140 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

the Vigipirate was on high alert

My comment:

means the biggest level of danger

140 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

the Vigipirate was on high alert

My comment:

means the biggest level of danger

140 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

the Vigipirate alert was as red as could possibly be

My comment:

Vigipirate is the name given by the French government to the emergency plan (with 3 levels of alert) when the threat of a terrorist attack is to be taken seriously.

140 months ago

David Edwards Translation and Training wrote:

was at the reddest of red alerts

My comment:

?? - I'm not particularly enthusiastic about this but no one else is suggesting anything! I can't think of anything closer that would be idiomatic.

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