not bat an eye
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If it was just one or two icons, you might not bat an eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
I knew immediately he would not bat an eye if I would do “Pennies From Heaven” with a salsa band.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022
If I had the money to pull him out of day care and hire her as a full-time nanny, I would not bat an eye before doing it.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2020
But David Plotz 2.0 will probably not bat an eye at some job applicants' somewhat questionable Instagram past, right?
From Slate • Jul. 8, 2015
Although he had apprehensions about the medicine man's rites at night he did not bat an eye, later did not close one.
From The Pocahontas-John Smith Story by Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight
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