Did the government turn a blind eye?
(政府は見て見ぬふりをしていたの?)
英会話レッスンにて。去年、事故米について話をしたときに先生が言った一言。
- turn a blind eye=pretend not to notice 見て見ぬふりをすること。見て見ぬふりをする対象を表す時にはtoを使って。eyeはeyesじゃなくて片目なのね。片方の目では見ているのに片方の目では見ないフリをしている、というイメージなのかな。
- Teachers were turning a blind eye to smoking in school.
- The usher turned a blind eye to the little boy who sneaked into the theater. ※usher/案内係、門番
- How can you turn a blind eye to all those starving children?
- I knew Hugo was taking the money but I turned a blind eye because he was my sister's child.
- Sometimes a store might sell stolen goods because the owner has turned a blind eye to where they come from.