Idiom
close one's eyes
Meaning
To ignore something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is easier to close your eyes to the mess than to clean it.”
“The manager chose to close his eyes to the small mistakes his team made during the busy season.”
“Although the evidence of corruption was undeniable, the local authorities preferred to close their eyes to the situation rather than face a difficult public scandal.”
Examples
simple
“It is easier to close your eyes to the mess than to clean it.”
contextual
“The manager chose to close his eyes to the small mistakes his team made during the busy season.”
complex
“Although the evidence of corruption was undeniable, the local authorities preferred to close their eyes to the situation rather than face a difficult public scandal.”
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