目めに一いっ丁てい字じもない

expression

completely illiterate; cannot read a single character

Idiomatic expression emphasizing total illiteracy; literally 'not even one character in the eye'. Often used in negative form to stress the complete lack of reading ability. Compare 目に一丁字なし.

See also: 目に一丁字なし

• 彼かれは目めに一いっ丁てい字じもないと言いっていいほど字じが読よめない。

  He is so illiterate you could say he doesn't know a single character.

• 昔むかしの農のう民みんの中なかには目めに一いっ丁てい字じもない人ひとが多おおかった。

  In the past, many farmers were completely illiterate.