not bat an eye/eyelash

idiom

US, informal
: to show no surprise, fear, concern, etc.
He thought the news would make her upset, but she never batted an eye.
He listened without batting an eyelash.

Examples of not bat an eye/eyelash in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The team had a pretty short field to defend, and what a momentum swing that is when your defense can come up and not bat an eye, hold a team to not have points and then progress from there. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023 Consumers in some countries might not bat an eye at rising macaroni prices. Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 11 May 2023 But serious exercisers who are used to paying top price for fitness apparel might not bat an eye at those costs. Lauren Goode, Wired, 8 Sep. 2021 Some scientists who study caves might not bat an eye, but for the rest of us, these terms might as well be ancient Greek. New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021

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