Bat an Eye
What it means
Show the smallest flicker of surprise, almost always used in the negative.
Where it comes from
Bat here means flutter, and it comes from falconry, where a hawk bating beats its wings on the perch. Eyelids borrowed the verb, and now almost nothing else uses it.
The puzzle it came from
Bat an Eye was the answer to the Phrasicle of October 3, 2025. The clue read ____ an ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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caramel
corn
field
trip
wire
sales
pitch
black
eye
candy
pepper
mint
tea
party
line
baseball
bat
cave
painting
supplies
Phrasicle: Bat an Eye