"blind as a bat" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-blind as a bat.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} blind as a bat (not comparable)
  1. (simile) Nearly totally blind, having a very poor sense of vision Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: blind as a beetle, blind as a mole, blind as an owl Translations (nearly totally blind): slepý jako netopýr (Czech), sokea kuin lepakko (Finnish), myope comme une taupe [feminine, masculine] (French), blind wie ein Maulwurf (German), staurblindur [masculine] (Icelandic), steinblindur [masculine] (Icelandic), talpa caecior [feminine, masculine] (Latin), talpa caecius [neuter] (Latin), cho dall ri dallaig (Scottish Gaelic), no ver tres en un burro (Spanish), ver menos que un gato de escayola (Spanish), como turco en la neblina (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blind_as_a_bat-en-adj-5nZ2nlaa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

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      "sense": "nearly totally blind",
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      "sense": "nearly totally blind",
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      "word": "talpa caecius"
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      "sense": "nearly totally blind",
      "word": "cho dall ri dallaig"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nearly totally blind",
      "word": "no ver tres en un burro"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nearly totally blind",
      "word": "ver menos que un gato de escayola"
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