With your eyes shut/closed

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Doing something easily or without effort, as if you could do it even if your eyes were closed.

She knows the city so well she could drive around it with her eyes shut.
Visual representation of "with your eyes shut/closed" - Doing something easily or without effort, as if you could do it even if your eyes were closed

Often appears as...

  • drive with eyes shut
  • write with eyes shut

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Idiomatic

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Expression of Skill

Indicates a high level of proficiency or familiarity with a task or place.

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He assembled the computer with his eyes shut, impressing everyone.
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Figurative Speech

It is used as a way of speaking figuratively, not to be taken literally.

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You could say she makes those free throws with her eyes closed.
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Not Physical

It’s often not about a physical action, but about doing something familiar or routine.

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She can solve complex math problems with her eyes shut.
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