English · Idiom Historical

you came on his blind side

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

His soft or tender-hearted side. Said of persons who wheedle some favour out of another. He yielded because he was not wide awake to his own interest.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Bên mềm yếu hoặc dễ bị ảnh hưởng

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “you came on his blind side” mean?

His soft or tender-hearted side. Said of persons who wheedle some favour out of another. He yielded because he was not wide awake to his own interest.

Is “you came on his blind side” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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