blind as a bat

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

blind as a bat (not comparable)

1. (simile) Nearly totally blind; having a very poor sense of vision.
   • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 23:

     "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.

Synonyms

• blind as a beetle
• blind as a mole
• blind as an owl

Translations

nearly totally blind

• Czech: slepý jako netopýr
• Finnish: sokea kuin lepakko
• French: myope comme une taupe (fr) m or f
• German: blind wie ein Maulwurf (de)
• Icelandic: staurblindur m, steinblindur m
• Latin: talpa caecior m or f, talpa caecius n
• Romanian: orb ca noaptea m
• Scottish Gaelic: cho dall ri dallaig
• Spanish: no ver tres en un burro, ver menos que un gato de escayola, como turco en la neblina (es)
• Swedish: blind som en mullvad (literally “blind as a mole”)