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Turn A Blind Eye
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site visitor wrote the following reguarding this idiom:
Just stopped by the site on idioms and sayings and noticed that you were
missing one I've used forever. 'Turn a blind eye' which stems from the
battle at Copenhagen between the British fleet commanded by Admiral Sir
Hyde Parker and the Danes (can't remember who commanded it). The attack
was led by the famous Admiral Nelson into the bay and during the battle
there was a point where Parker had felt that Nelson's losses were unacceptable
and hoisted the signal to disengage. When informed of the signal Admiral
Nelson held the telescope to his blind eye and said "I see no ships"
disobeying the order and winning the battle. Thus the phrase 'turn a blind
eye'.
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