The teacher will close one eye to your small mistake today.
close one eye
idiomto look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
Origin
disputed originCompare close one's eyes.
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.
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
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as best one can
In the best possible way, given one's circumstances and abilities.
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as far as one knows
To the best of one's knowledge, as far as someone knows or possible information to be gathered about the topic, subject, aspect, or situation.
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back to square one
Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
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beat as one
To share the same feelings.
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become one flesh
To join together in marriage; to develop a unifying bond as a result of marrying.
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bite off more than one can chew
To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.