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Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information. The Oxford English Dictionary records usage of the phrase in 1698. [1]The phrase to turn a blind eye is often associated with Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.
And yet the Biden administration turned a blind eye. It has become clear by now that rescuing the hostages abducted on October 7 is no longer the highest priority for Netanyahu’s government.
Turning a Blind Eye to Baghdad, July 5, 1990 [14] A Real Arab Awakening, August 16, 1990 [15]...And the Tale of a Transcript, September 17, 1990 [16] A Quick Rewrite of History, October 7, 1990 [10] Gorbachev's Nobel Lifeline, October 16, 1990 [17] As Good a Snake-Oil Merchant as There Is, November 13, 1990 [18]
“These Western countries turn a blind eye to their severe human rights issues at home but in the meantime point their fingers at other countries. This says a lot about their hypocrisy on human ...
Till's brutal 1955 murder in the Jim Crow South helped spark the civil rights movement. For decades, Hollywood deemed it too volatile to dramatize.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind (Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), leader of the Indian independence movement) An Englishman's home is his castle/A man's home is his castle; Another day, another dollar; Another happy landing; An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; Any port in a storm
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Thursday said it will not turn a blind eye to repeated "provocations and harassment" by the Philippines, amid heightened tensions over a spate of run-ins in the South ...