鬼gwai2揞am2眼ngaan5

English

1. a situation where a person can't see or notice something obvious; literally: 'ghost blocking the vision'; a Freudian slip
2. to fail to see something obvious; literally: a ghost covering the eyes

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 視覺上留意唔到一啲明顯嘅嘢

Examples

• 鬼揞眼見唔到個掣添。

  Oh, I didn't notice the button.

• 佢咁樣衰你都話佢好靚，你真係鬼揞眼囉。

  She's ugly, but you still say she's pretty – you must be blind!

• 唉！都唔知做乜鬼揞眼以為個期限係下個月。

  Uh oh. Somehow I thought the deadline was next month.