(as) blind as a bat
idiom
informal
: unable to see well at all : having very poor vision
Without glasses I'm blind as a bat.
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To be blind as a bat is to actually have pretty decent eyesight.
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2016
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Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2016
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