Did I Play a Blinder?

'To play a blinder' is a phrase used to describe an amazing display of skill, usually in sports, but also in other areas in life. Yes, not only did you play a blinder in the football game today, Feifei, you played a blinder with that definition! Listen to the crowd… I'd like to add a little more, Rob.

Where Does played a blinder come from?

Play a blinder is British slang for play exceptionally well, successfully execute a cunning plan, etc. All instances shown on that link are UK usage - set the corpus to American, and there are none at all. Here's a 1959 instance of a blinder being used to describe a staggeringly high bill.

What is a blinder in the UK?

blinder noun (GOOD PERFORMANCE)

[ S ] UK informal. an excellent performance at some activity, especially in sports: Weir played a blinder in yesterday's semifinal.