blind as a bat
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“I was blind as a bat, but I always knew where the target was,” Cooper says.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019
I don't understand this "trademark" thing – Larkin didn't wear spectacles for effect; he was as blind as a bat – and I think he would have found this irredeemably gruesome.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2010
She has to learn her roles letter-perfect, and for a good reason: "I'm as blind as a bat."
From Time Magazine Archive
The old Shaper, a man I cannot help but admire, goes out the back window with his harp at a single bound, though blind as a bat.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
"As thirsty as a fish," "as busy as a bee," "as blind as a bat," "as spiteful as a toad," are also in common use.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme
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