Idiom
shut one's eyes and think of England
Meaning
Alternative form of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She just shuts her eyes and thinks of England to get through it.”
“In the past, many women felt they had to shut their eyes and think of England during intimacy with their husbands.”
“The historical literature often depicts a stoic endurance where the protagonist would simply shut her eyes and think of England, suppressing her own discomfort to satisfy societal expectations.”
Examples
simple
“She just shuts her eyes and thinks of England to get through it.”
contextual
“In the past, many women felt they had to shut their eyes and think of England during intimacy with their husbands.”
complex
“The historical literature often depicts a stoic endurance where the protagonist would simply shut her eyes and think of England, suppressing her own discomfort to satisfy societal expectations.”
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