English-Italian translations for look the other way

• chiudere un occhio
• fare finta di nulla
• guardare dall'altra parte
  Pertanto, laddove tali diritti non siano riconosciuti, esso non può voltare le spalle e guardare dall'altra parte. Therefore, if these rights are not acknowledged, it cannot stand aside and look the other way.
  Guardare dall'altra parte equivale a gettar via i nostri diritti e la nostra pretesa di definirci civili. To look the other way is to throw away our own rights and our claim to call ourselves civilised.
• lasciare correre

Definition of look the other way

• To ignore something wrong; to connive , to turn a blind eye

Examples

• The policeman decided to look the other way when he realized the criminal’s act could benefit him

Related words

• look the part
• look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves
• look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
• the devil looks after his own
• have a close look at the mother and then marry her daughter
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
• don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• never look a gift horse in the mouth