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without batting an eye



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Idioms and Phrases

Showing no emotion, acting as though nothing were unusual. For example, Richard ate the snails without batting an eye . A related phrase is not bat an eye , as in He didn't bat an eye when she told him he was being laid off . These expressions, which use bat in the sense of “blink,” date from about 1900.
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Few questions fazed the 4’7” woman who Time magazine called the “Munchkin of sex,” who pelted America’s airwaves with anatomically correct dialogue without batting an eye.

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“They could pay for the entire trip for the whole team without batting an eye!”

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“He’s the first guy at the gym. He and Freddy, every morning. They learned a lot from the day of work. Not just the shooting, the entire day of work of shooting, eating, take care, lifting, stretching, hot tub, cold, tub, all that stuff. And Kawhi did all that stuff without batting an eye.”

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I’ve heard of “B Movies,” but this series drops to an “F” without batting an eye.

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“Congress can pass massive tax breaks for corporations and the top 1% without batting an eye, but when it comes to delivering long-overdue support for working families and communities — that’s when we need to slow down, impose limitations and make cuts,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Washington state Democrat who has emerged as the key negotiator for progressive Democrats.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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