单词 | turn a blind eye |
释义 | turn a blind eyePretend not to notice: please, don’t turn a blind eye to what is happening...
Synonyms overlook, disregard, neglect, ignore, pay no attention/heed to, pass over, omit, skip (over), gloss over, leave out, leave undone, forget Said to be in allusion to Nelson, who lifted a telescope to his blind eye at the Battle of Copenhagen (1801), thus not seeing the signal to ‘discontinue the action’ See parent entry: blind |
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