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Bat I Eyelid Agitated Excited Stay Calm Told

Idiom to not bat an eyelid
Definition to not get agitated or excited; stay calm
Examples - She didn't bat an eyelid, even when he told her he'd wrecked her car.
- The restaurant bill was $350 for the two of them, but he paid it without batting an eyelid.
- Amazing how you can go home after work, slump in front of the TV for 6 hours solid before going to bed and no-one would bat an eyelid, but if you do it at the computer there must be something wrong with you!
Note You must use this expression with 'not'. You cannot say "I batted an eyelid" to mean "I got agitated" or "I lost my calm".

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