"no ver tres en un burro" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: no veo tres en un burro [first-person, present, singular], no vi tres en un burro [first-person, preterite, singular], no visto tres en un burro [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “not see three on a donkey”. The story goes that in the beginning of the 20th century in Andalusia, to test someone's sight, a person was given a photo with three people sitting on a donkey. If the person could not make them out, they would have been declared to have had bad sight. Etymology templates: {{m-g|not see three on a donkey}} “not see three on a donkey”, {{lit|not see three on a donkey}} Literally, “not see three on a donkey” Head templates: {{es-verb|no ver<> tres en un burro}} no ver tres en un burro (first-person singular present no veo tres en un burro, first-person singular preterite no vi tres en un burro, past participle no visto tres en un burro)
  1. (idiomatic) to be blind as a bat Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-no_ver_tres_en_un_burro-es-verb-14V~i7e4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
     
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