English-Dutch translations for turn a blind eye

• door de vingers zien
  God sta ons bij als we dat door de vingers zien. Heaven help us if we turn a blind eye.
  Vooral bij mensenrechtenkwesties kunnen wij de situatie in Turkije niet door de vingers zien. In Turkey’s case, we cannot turn a blind eye to the matter of human rights.
  Er wordt met vuur gespeeld en de Europese instellingen mogen dit niet door de vingers zien. It is playing with fire and the European institutions must not turn a blind eye to it.

Definition of turn a blind eye

• To ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper, to look the other way. To knowingly refuse to acknowledge something which you know to be real

Examples

• The mother turned a blind eye to her son’s mischief as she expected him not to repeat it

Related words

• turn a blind eye on / to sth
• turning a blind eye to
• You can't squeeze blood from a turnip