Idiom
close one eye
Meaning
to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The teacher will close one eye to your small mistake today.”
“The manager decided to close one eye to the staff's late arrival because they worked so hard last week.”
“Although the strict supervisor usually enforced every rule, he chose to close one eye to the minor oversight, recognizing the employee's otherwise impeccable record of service.”
Examples
simple
“The teacher will close one eye to your small mistake today.”
contextual
“The manager decided to close one eye to the staff's late arrival because they worked so hard last week.”
complex
“Although the strict supervisor usually enforced every rule, he chose to close one eye to the minor oversight, recognizing the employee's otherwise impeccable record of service.”
Origin
Compare close one's eyes.
Key words
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