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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to close an eye”.
Verb
chiùdere un occhio (first-person singular present chiùdo un occhio, first-person singular past historic chiùsi un occhio, past participle chiùso un occhio, auxiliary avére)
- to turn a blind eye
- Synonyms: lasciare correre, fare finta di nulla, girarsi dall'altra parte
2020, Barack Obama, chapter 14, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:E la tedesca, da parte sua, per quanto disposta a chiudere un occhio sulle idiosincrasie del francese, era però in grado di frenarne le proposte più impulsive.- ... Merkel willing to overlook Sarkozy's idiosyncrasies but deft at reining in his more impulsive proposals.
- (literally, “And the German (person), on her part, however willing to turn a blind eye to the French (person)'s idiosyncrasies, was still capable of reining in the more impulsive proposals.”)