blind corner
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- noun
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esquina ciega
- Drivers should exercise caution when navigating blind corners in the city.
- round a blind corner
- turn a blind corner
Examples
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There were many accidents reported at the blind corner where visibility was limited.
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- There was a blind corner and as I turned the corner I saw that he was reaching for a weapon.
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Eliza took the blind corners slowly at first.
Fiction book (2001) -
I see cyclists whizz through stop signs far more often than I see them stop, even at blind corners.
Blog text (23) -
Several times it came to dead ends or blind corners that required hasty backtracking.
Fiction book (1992) -
As she rounded a blind corner, she hit a 100-foot stretch of gravel-strewn road and wound up spinning into the roadside embankment.
Blog text (29) -
Waiting for them when they turned the blind corner at the near end of the mesa were three mule deer, grazing in the scruffy grass near a seep of water in the shade of an overhanging cliff.
Fiction book (1993) -
Approaching a blind corner, I slowed down to avoid an accident.
Synonyms
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A bend in the road that hides the view ahead
A curve in a road you cannot see around when driving
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'blind' (not able to see / not visible) modifies 'corner' (a bend or intersection), yielding a corner that cannot be seen around. This metaphorical use of 'blind' for limited visibility is common cross-linguistically and follows ordinary adjective+noun patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Blind corner comes from a clear picture: a road corner that is 'blind' because a wall, hedge, or building blocks your view. That's why a blind corner means a place where drivers 'cannot see' what is coming and it is 'dangerous'.