What is the blind eye saying?

Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. Although the Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase as early as 1698, the phrase to turn a blind eye is often falsely attributed to an incident in the life of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson.

What can I say instead of turning a blind eye?

To overlook, to ignore, to disregard, to neglect should be appropriate to use in place of this idiom. The meaning of the idiom is to ignore deliberately, to pretend not to notice.

What the Bible says about turning a blind eye?

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Who said turn a blind eye?

Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson has gone down in history as the ultimate naval officer: a natural leader, an exceptional strategist, a figurehead determined to sail at the front of the battle. So what is his connection to the phrase ‘turn a blind eye’?

Can you turn a blind eye?

If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.

How do you use blind eye in a sentence?

1 Management often turn a blind eye to bullying in the workplace. 2 The women turn a blind eye. 3 The police usually turn a blind eye. 4 Governments turn a blind eye to the thousands of poverty-stricken families that migrate to the forest every year.

Why do we turn a blind eye?

So we turn a blind eye when we think it is ‘easier’, or in our ‘best interests’ to do so and because the consequences of taking action are felt as frightening or unpleasant. It is painful to have your beliefs shaken or your position threatened and none of us are immune from making life simpler for ourselves.

What does the phrase’turn a blind eye’mean?

pretend not to notice. This phrase is said to be a reference to Admiral Horatio Nelson ( 1758–1805 ), who lifted a telescope to his blind eye at the Battle of Copenhagen ( 1801 ), thereby ensuring that he failed to see his superior’s signal to discontinue the action.

Are there any proverbs about giving a blind man eyes?

Give a blind man eyes and he will ask for eyebrows. ~ Georgian Proverb The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. ~ Danish Proverb If you enter the city of the blind, cover your eyes. ~ Iranian Proverb An obscure style is a blind mirror. ~ Chinese Proverb

Why did Lord Nelson put glass to his blind eye?

In 1801 Lord Horatio Nelson, second in command of the English fleet, was besieging Copenhagen. The flagship had sent up signals for the fleet to withdraw, but Nelson wanted badly to attack. He had lost the sight of one eye at Calvi, so he put the glass to his blind eye and told his lieutenant he could see no signals to withdraw.

Who is the king in the country of the blind?

In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King. ~ Michael Apostolius Their blindness and arrogance are as solid as an iron mountain. ~ Martin Luther I have only one eye,–I have a right to be blind sometimes . . .