no ver tres en un burro

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "not see three on a donkey". The story goes that in the beginning of the 20th century in Andalusia, to test someone's sight, a person was given a photo with three people sitting on a donkey. If the person could not make them out, they would have been declared to have had bad sight.

Verb

no ver tres en un burro

  1. (idiomatic) To be blind as a bat