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TURN A BLIND EYE ORIGIN

TURN A BLIND EYE
The term used to mean ‘ignore something intentionally’ has important historic significance. When Admiral Nelson was pounding the Spanish at the Battle of Copenhagen on 1801, the commander raised a flag signalling the bombardment to cease. Nelson held his telescope to his blind eye so he couldn’t see the command and subsequently won the battle.

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