"are you blind" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-are you blind.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=are you blind?}} are you blind?
  1. (sarcastic) A rhetorical question to an individual who has failed to see or notice something. Tags: sarcastic Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions
    Sense id: en-are_you_blind-en-phrase-d4zbz-TP Disambiguation of English rhetorical questions: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see are, you, blind.
    Sense id: en-are_you_blind-en-phrase-V-Qz9b0D

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