bat an eyelid

present singular third person bats an eyelid · participle present batting an eyelid · participle past batted an eyelid · past batted an eyelid

1. idiomaticTo react in any slight way; to respond; to care.

   When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.

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   […]he got the drop on Cox, the only time I had seen or heard of its being done — had his pistol out and stuck in Cox's face before Cox could bat an eyelid.

   1914, Edgar Beecher Bronson, The Vanguard, page 155

   If you were to walk into a salon in America after a few 10–12 hour days of sweaty, dusty travel with no shower, you'd probably be politely asked to leave and not return until you've cleaned up. But here in a land whose resources and infrastructure cannot sustain such frivolity, the barber doesn't even bat an eyelid.

   2006, Pete Takeda, An Eye at the Top of the World, page 116

   Dublin's not a bad place to be gay. Most people wouldn't bat an eyelid at public displays of affection between same-sex couples[…]

   2007, Fionn Davenport, Dublin Encounter, page 153

   Synonyms: bat an eye, bat an eyelash, flinch