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| Language | Translations for "A BAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | wie ein geölter Blitz (like a bat out of hell). (various references) | |
Greek | θεόστραβοσ (as blind as a bat, stone blind). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vaksi (blear-eyed), nem lát messzebb az orránál (as blind as a bat, as blind as a beetle, as blind as a mole), nem lát az orráig se (blind as a bat), berúg (to get a bun on, to get smashed), becsíp (feel groggy, nip, to drink more than is good for one, to get tight, to go on a bat, to nip, to pinch). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aay atbay.(various references) | |
Russian | совершенно слепой (bat-blind, beetle blind, blind as a bat, stone blind, stone-blind), кутить (be on the razzle, carouse, go on a bat, go on a bender, go on the binge, go to town, have a binge, make whoopee), гулять (stroll). (various references) | |
Scottish | ialtag (bat), dialtag. (various references) | |
Spanish | no ver tres en un burro (be as blind as a bat, be blind as a beetle). (various references) | |
Thai | สายตาฝ้าฟาง ((as) blind as a bat). (various references) | |
Turkish | tamamen kör (blind as a bat, stone blind), kafayı çekmek (booze, carouse, drink heavily, go on a bat, have a wet, swill), kör (blind, blind as a bat, blunt, disused, dull, mole-eyed, not sharp, obtuse, sightless, stone blind, unseeing, unsighted). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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