blind\ as\ a\ bat/beetle/mole/owl

blind\ as\ a\ bat/beetle/mole/owl
adj. phr.
Anyone who is blind or has difficulty in seeing; a person with very thick glasses.

Without my glasses I am blind as a bat.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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