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love is blind

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idiom

  1. affection for someone can make it difficult to notice their flaws.


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Given the likelihood that Madison will lose her vision, I was hoping she would find a match that truly felt love is blind and would embrace her.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

The whole pushing a love is blind baby and asking them if they were trying just gave me such a big ick.

From Washington Post Apr. 17, 2023

From there she ties a sash around Pip's eyes to demonstrate that, yes, love is blind, as she orders him to stumble around a room he's never been in.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2023

Contestants are so willing to believe in the idea that love is blind that they ignore fundamental incompatibilities that would have been made clear within a few weeks of normal dating.

From Slate Feb. 14, 2020

Let no one say that love is blind: on the contrary, it is love that sees and knows.

From The Prayers of St. Paul by Thomas, W. H. Griffith (William Henry Griffith)

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