目めに一いっ丁てい字じなし

expression

completely illiterate

Idiomatic expression meaning someone cannot read or write at all. Often used in the negative form 目に一丁字もない. The phrase is somewhat literary or emphatic.

See also: 目に一丁字もない

• 彼かれは目めに一いっ丁てい字じもない。

  He is completely illiterate.

• 昔むかしの農のう民みんは目めに一いっ丁てい字じなしという人ひとが多おおかった。

  In the old days, many farmers were completely illiterate.