turn a blind eye
turn a blind eye :
a blind bit of
the smallest bit of
no at all – informal
1995 - Patrick McCabe - The Dead School - Not that it made a blind bit of difference what they thought, considering the way their lives were about to go.
the blind leading the blind
a situation in which the ignorant or inexperienced are instructed or guided by someone equally ignorant or inexperienced
This phrase alludes to the proverb when the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch, quoting Matthew 15 : 14.
a blind spot
an area into which you cannot see
an aspect of something that someone knows or cares little about
These general senses appear to have developed from a mid 19th-century cricketing term for the spot of ground in front of a batsman where a ball pitched by the bowler leaves the batsman undecided whether to play forward to it or back.
blind someone with science
use special or technical knowledge and vocabulary to confuse someone
go it blind
act recklessly
rob someone blind
get a lot of money from someone by deception or extortion
turn a blind eye
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. A less usual version, referring directly to this story, is turn a Nelson eye.
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