blind street

Hi,

is a blind street a street with a dead end?

Yes. Another term is a cul-de-sac, from French.

But I don't ever hear those terms, what I hear in N.America is 'a dead end'.

Best wishes, Clive

we in australia use the term cul-de-sac or dead end.
i guess it is an irish expression, or english.

My house is located in a cul-de-sac in our sub-division. Sub-division is a land that a housing developer buys and puts up new homes for sale. Often they will put in cul-de-sacs because it is quieter with less traffic; thus, popular among families with young children. Anyway, I used to not hear this term living in the east cost...but here in Chicago, it is a very common term.

I've only heard it as blind alley (alley being a very narrow walkway/road). I've not heard it as blind road or street. I think 'blind alley' must be an idiom and it can't be used with other types of road. Blind alley is usually a metaphor rather than referring to a real alley.

In ourcountry, there is an idiom like this. It means to err, to lose one's way. And mistake is OK. To err is human.It doesn't put an end. People will forgive to someone who lose one's street. To forgive is divine.

Phuong Ninh

In BrE we have the expression "blind alley" which means (1) a cul-de-sac, and which also metaphorically means (2) to take a course of action leading nowhere.

But "blind street"? I've never heard of it. Perhaps Mr Joyce is using his poet's licence. Or maybe you are looking at a mistranslation of the original text!

I've seen some Indian film. They talk about law, love: love is blind, law is blind. The story belongs Arab,..It's in Eastern.I don't think it means cul -de- sac It belongs France. We wait for an Arabian . He'll solve our problem.

Phuong ninh

There is the phrase 'blind corner' which means one you can't see around.

a definition of blind it the oxford english dictinoary start_def>

b.end_def> of a road or path: (see quot.) start_q>
start_d>1815

Hi,

You do realize that all these definitions are over 150 years old?

Clive