Turn a Blind Eye 👁️- Idiom

turn a blind eye to
Deliberately overlook, ignore, as in She decided to turn a blind eye to her roommate's goings-on. This expression is believed to come from the siege of Copenhagen (1801), in which Lord Horatio Nelson, second in command of the English fleet, was ordered to withdraw but pretended not to see the flagship's signals to do so by putting his glass to the eye that had been blinded in an earlier battle. His attack led to a major victory. Also see turn a deaf ear.

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It would be if he told the story right...I mean why would an admiral survey an army from a battle field???? Come on guy

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This expression is believed to come from the siege of Copenhagen (1801), in which Lord Horatio Nelson, second in command of the English fleet, was ordered to withdraw but pretended not to see the flagship's signals to do so by putting his glass to the eye that had been blinded in an earlier battle

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@leahawkins8881 ….. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson The Right Honourable The Viscount Nelson KB Military career Service/branch Royal Navy Years of service 1771-1805 Rank Vice-admiral of the White