blind as a bat

Meanings

adjectiveblind as a bat (not comparable)

not comparablesimileNearly 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 a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl

adjectiveNearly totally blind; having a very poor sense of vision.

Also see

Czech slepý jako netopýr

Finnish sokea kuin lepakko

French myope comme une taupe

German blind wie ein Maulwurf

Greek θεόστραβος

Icelandic staurblindur, steinblindur

Latin talpa caecior, talpa caecius

Romanian orb ca noaptea

Russian слепой как крот

Scottish Gaelic cho dall ri dallaig

Spanish no ver tres en un burro, ver menos que un gato de escayola

Swedish blind som en mullvad

Ukrainian сліпий як кріт

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