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.
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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.
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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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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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