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1)Turn a blind eye (to refuse to acknowledge something that you know is true)
a.Admiral Horatio Nelson was fighting a naval battle (Battle of Copenhagen)
b.His fellow Admiral sent a message telling them to disengage
c.Nelson believed that they could win if they carry on fighting.
d.Nelson put a telescope to his blind eye and pretended that he didn’t see the signal.
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Hi, 安澜.
Hi Lulu, hi everyone.
What is our idiom or word of the day?
Our idiom today is Turn a Blind Eye.
Blind means you cannot see, so To Turn a Blind Eye is actually a very common idiom, it means?
Well, it means to refuse to acknowledge that something is true.
Or just basically pretend not to see it. 中文里我们也有一个一模一样的词, 就是睁一只眼闭一只眼, 安澜也知道吧? And I bet it has a specific historical background.