The phrase
"to bat an eye" means to not show any surprise, concern, or hesitation in response to something unusual or shocking.
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A fact I really did
n't bat an eye at until I hosted a dinner party a few weeks back.
Apparently, Swedish mothers don't
bat an eye at taking their children out in the cold.
No
one bats an eye when someone pays to spend time with someone famous through an experience package.
We
hardly bat an eye at crazy - colored food these days, but activated charcoal is still making us stare.
In part, it's because I live in a liberal, welcoming community where no one
bats an eye as my wife and I walk hand in hand down the street.
I told the loan officer that is what I wanted, and she didn't
bat an eye lash when setting up the paperwork.
Let's be honest; until you've got a nursing newborn and / or messy toddler on your hands, you don't
bat an eye before purchasing that sheer white blouse.
Most drivers hate parallel parking, but you'll never have to
bat an eye with the parking sensors in the 2018 model.
These are common stereotypes and no one would
bat an eye hearing a college student do these things.
This female artist had the kind of messy personal life that no
one bats an eye at in the case of male artists.
My resume writer didn't
bat an eye when I told them this was my focus for the new resume and made a resume exactly like I wanted it.
We want our children to never
bat an eye at the sight of a mother breastfeeding past infancy.
As a baby and toddler we are so strong in what we need and we
never bat an eye to other people's ideas and ways or values.
I told the loan officer that is what I wanted, and she didn't
bat an eye lash when setting up the paperwork.
If someone asks where you went to college, you might not
bat an eye before answering.
Some children with strong convictions about their food may
not bat an eye at what other children say about their unconventional lunch items.
I can walk through a kitchen with dishes that haven't been washed for three days, a table covered in an odd assortment of items with a small surface cleared off to allow for a family dinner, and a mine field of kids toys
without batting my eye once.
Lawmakers in Albany
barely batted an eye as they signed off on billions of dollars in pork - barrel spending with almost no discussion — instead beating a path out of town for the holiday weekend.
I was pretty sure that sweet Molly would let any baby climb all over her, pull her tail, or dress her up like a pony without
ever batting an eye.
No one
bats an eye lid if you bottle feed your baby in public do they (again correct me if I am wrong)?
Since I am an almost 40 - year - old woman, this was not the first pinup calendar I had seen at a gas station, and quite honestly, I barely
batted an eye because I have been desensitized to the absurdity of calendars like those.
Conceded some silly fouls in the process but as long as it is helping the team,
who bats an eye.
Paul didn't
bat an eye writing about them both ministering together, even if his eyes were pretty gross.
There's no excuses for that, he got tagged clean, but that's a bit unlucky to have your eye fucked right off the bat
And then the Yankees didn't
bat an eye trading for him and then re-signing him too because they're such a high character organization.
Go ahead
darling bat your eye lashes a little, because the Dior Show Blackout Mascara is a must try.
I've been wearing maternity dresses with a regular blazer over them and nobody has
batted an eye so far.
Peeping Tom is a 1960 British horror film whose premise wouldn't make any fan of modern
horror bat an eye.
Honestly, it's difficult to tell anymore — you stop giving your full attention to Vaughn the moment you
stop batting an eye over his «dame / broad» patois, and I tuned him out for good after the one - two holiday punch of Fred Claus and Four Christmases.
He bumbles about and
bats his eyes too much for my tastes, and can't stand toe to toe with Gwen Stacy (real life squeeze Emma Stone) in scientific banter.
Still, with pricing starting at more than $ 5000 less than the Tahoe Hybrid, we're betting consumers wanting a large utility may
bat their eyes towards a Chrysler or Dodge dealer in the near future.
I much prefer that to having them accept your first offer with
out batting an eye... Always makes me wonder if I was just right priced or undervaluing myself.
I suspect that unless the PS4 takes a monumental dive this holiday, you won't see
Sony batting an eye.
Splinter Cell can shift from Montreal, to Shanghai, to Toronto, without the gaming
public batting an eye.
We could ponder the whole dilemma over a coffee from a host of restaurants in Toronto that would accommodate both of these women and their respective lifestyles with ease, and no one in the
place batting an eye at their presence.