介绍:
1) Turn a blind eye
-Mr. Adams turned a blind eye to students smoking, since his son was one of them.
-Ellen's parents turned a blind eye to her cheating at school, since it was the only was she could get into college.
-Greg the farmer turned a blind eye to mould in his fruit in order to sell them.
Definition: deliberately ignore something important
Etymology: Admiral Nelson who wore an eye patch, ignored his commanding officer in a naval battle. He was asked to withdraw against the Danish- Norwegian fleet. But he used his blind eye to look through the telescope. His ships remained and severely damaged the Scandanavian fleet. While the other British ships were destroyed. Eventually his disobedience led to a peace treaty.
2) Acid test
-The LSAT is an acid test to see if students have the right brain to study law
-Emilia got her most beautiful friend to seduce her boyfriend to acid test his love.
-Eric acid tested the fruits for poison by feeding it to his cat.
Definition: test that will determine whether something is real or fake
Etymology: Derived in the Gold Rush era, when fool's gold was often discovered. It would be soaked in acid, real gold wouldn't react.
3) Over the top
-Cecil's radio voice was way too over the top
-Amy's outfit for the dance was over the top
-Ricky's over the top Christmas decorations won an award.
Definition: something extravagant
Etymology: From WW1, when units would go over the top of trenches to attack enemy lines, extremely dangerous and crazy, changed to mean extravagant
