blind as a bat en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Nearly totally blind; having a very poor sense of vision.
"D'you know what? I'm blind. Thash what I am - blind's a bat. Everybody's blind's a bat. 'Cept you. Why aren't you blind's a bat?" "I don't know," I told him.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 23:
Synonyms
blind as an owl · blind as a beetle · blind as a mole
Translations (17)
is steinblindur (nearly totally blind) · de blind wie ein Maulwurf (nearly totally blind) · uk сліпий як кріт (nearly totally blind) · cs slepý jako netopýr (nearly totally blind) · fi sokea kuin lepakko (nearly totally blind) · sv blind som en mullvad (nearly totally blind) · la talpa caecius (nearly totally blind) · es no ver tres en un burro (nearly totally blind) · ro orb ca noaptea (nearly totally blind) · fr myope comme une taupe (nearly totally blind) · gd cho dall ri dallaig (nearly totally blind) · is staurblindur (nearly totally blind) · es como turco en la neblina (nearly totally blind) · ru слепой как крот (nearly totally blind) · es ver menos que un gato de escayola (nearly totally blind) · el θεόστραβος (nearly totally blind) · la talpa caecior (nearly totally blind)