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rob someone blind

Cheat someone in an unusually deceitful or thorough fashion, as in The nurse was robbing the old couple blind. This idiom may allude to robbing a blind beggar, who cannot see that the cup collecting donations is being emptied. [Mid-1900s]

See also: blind, rob

rob someone blind

1. tv. to steal freely from someone. Her maid was robbing her blind.

2. tv. to overcharge someone. Those auto repair shops can rob you blind if you don’t watch out.

See also: blind, rob