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Well as people think bats are blind because they often bump into people they acually see better than people. As people thinking bats were blind for many years people used the phrase even after science proofed bats weren't blind! They told it to people who were clumsy or needed glasses!
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Why do they say 'Blind as a bat'?
Because it is said that bats can not see at all. This is not true. A bat can see.
Why do people use the saying blind as a bat?
They say it to tell people they have bad vision,so they are saying you can't see very well.
Why do people use saying blind as a bat?
They say it to tell people they have bad vision,so they are saying you can't see very well.
Is the fox bat blind?
Yes they are blind.
What is the origin of the idiom as blind as a bat?
When people saw bats fly into walls and/or narrowly miss them. People figured bats were blind and they were right. So whenever someone bumped into a wall, they said they were as blind as bats.
Complete the following analogy As blind as a?
bat
Why are bats blind?
Listen, bats in fact are not blind. That saying ''You're blind as a bat'' is not true. Bats have really good eyesight.
How accurate is the expression 'blind as a bat'?
If it relates to person, not very, as bats do have sight although poor and people have no sonar facility to make up it.
How do you say baseball bat in french?
how to say bat in french
What do bat use?
to find their way around cause their kinda blind
Why bats are blind do people say?
peeple say bats r blind cuz they use there heering 2 find out where they r. i think its called sonar somthin
What are three sentences for similes that has the word as?
He is fast. He is as quick as a bunny. She is blind. She is as blind as a bat. Paul is tall. He is as tall as a giant.
