| Idiom | Without Batting an Eyelash |
|---|---|
| Example | Deepa accepted the award without batting an eyelash. |
| Meaning | without showing emotion or interest; impassive |
| Origin | To "bat" an eye was a way of saying "blink" in the early 1900s when this phrase first appeared. Usually a person who sees, hears, or experiences something unusual, scary, or fantastic will show some feeling, or at least blink. If that person is so cool, calm, and collected that he or she doesn't even bat an eyelash, then there's no outward show of emotion at all. |
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