Meaning

1 senses
  1. (humorous, not comparable)Deliberately closed (off). (figurative) Wilfully closed-minded; unwilling to see the truth.

    He is usually a perspicuous man, but when it comes to that one issue, he has his eyes wide shut.

Origin

Coined in analogy to wide open.

Coined in analogy to wide open.

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