bat an eyelid | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,chiefly in the negative)Toreactin anyslightway; torespond; tocare.Synonyms:bat an eye,bat an eyelash,flinchWhen laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobodybats an eyelid.1914,Edgar Beecher Bronson,The Vanguard, page155:[…]he got the drop on Cox, the only time I had seen or heard of its being done — had his pistol out and stuck in Cox's face before Cox couldbat an eyelid.2006, Pete Takeda,An Eye at the Top of the World, page116:If you were to walk into a salon in America after a few 10–12 hour days of sweaty, dusty travel with no shower, you'd probably be politely asked to leave and not return until you've cleaned up. But here in a land whose resources and infrastructure cannot sustain such frivolity, the barber doesn't evenbat an eyelid.2007, Fionn Davenport,Dublin Encounter, page153:Dublin's not a bad place to be gay. Most people wouldn'tbat an eyelidat public displays of affection between same-sex couples[…]

Examples:

EN: - Always, M. Le Govain. At the next liquidation, I won't bat an eyelid.
ES: - En la próxima venta, no me aburriré.
EN: All he had to do was bat an eyelid and I'd have knocked off everyone in sight.
ES: Todo lo que tenía que hacer era pestañear y yo habría derribado a todo el mundo a la vista.
EN: Look, the brave doesn't even bat an eyelid!
ES: Mirar, no mueve ni un parpado.
EN: I asked if his tie was red and you didn't bat an eyelid?
ES: Le pregunto sobre la corbata de ese tipo y no le sorprende.
EN: And Grandma didn't even bat an eyelid.
ES: Y tu abuela ni un dedo movió.
EN: He didn't bat an eyelid.
ES: No pestañeó.
EN: If three people die in an aeroplane or a thousand of our worlds vanish in a flash of light it won´t make the man in the moon across the galaxy bat an eyelid.
ES: Que tres personas mueran en un avión, o que miles de nuestros mundos desaparezcan con una luz, no hará que nadie en el resto de la galaxia se inmute.
EN: Not to bat an eyelid.
ES: ¡Os voy a matar a todos... en un abrir y cerrar de ojos!
EN: - Why? - I tell you we find your necklace worth hundreds of millions and you don't bat an eyelid?
ES: Porque te digo que hemos encontrado tu collar, que valdrá un montón, y ni te inmutas.
EN: This morning when I arrested you, you didn't bat an eyelid.
ES: Una última cosa. Esta mañana, cuando le he dicho que estaba detenido, ni ha pestañeado.
EN: Wouldn't bat an eyelid at dropping a mil or two.
ES: No pestañaba en apostar uno o dos millones.
EN: I don't dare bat an eyelid, he'd kill me.
ES: Ni me atrevo a espiar, me mataría.
EN: She didn't even bat an eyelid when she met some bandits.
ES: Nos encontramos con los bandidos, pero ella ni siquiera parpadear
EN: Heard he was a bigtime dealer, so I stepped to him told him I wanted 600 Kalashnikovs guy didn't even bat an eyelid.
ES: Pensé que era un gran traficante así que me le acerqué Le dije que quería 600 armas y el tipo ni pestañó
EN: It'll stand there and you can rev it up, and it doesn't bat an eyelid.
ES: Se queda allí plantada, y por mucho que lo revoluciones, ni se mueve.

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