English-Spanish translations for look the other way

• hacer la vista gorda
  Señor Presidente, no haga caso a los gobiernos cuando le insten a hacer la vista gorda, a mirar a otro lado, cuando se incumplan sus decisiones fiscales. Mr President, do not take any notice of the governments when they urge you to look the other way when fiscal decisions are not complied with.
• mirar para otro lado
  La inmigración es una realidad que necesita ser regulada, ante la que no cabe meter la cabeza debajo del ala ni mirar para otro lado. Immigration is a reality that needs to be regulated, and we must not bury our heads in the sand or look the other way.
  ¿No será que queremos mirar para otro lado y negar una realidad que queremos negar una y otra vez? Will it not be the case that we want to look the other way and deny the existence of a situation that we seek to deny time and time again?
  Por eso, si esos derechos son desconocidos, no puede ponerse de perfil, no puede mirar para otro lado, tiene que alzar su voz y decir, firme y claro, cuáles son los principios que nos animan.Therefore, if these rights are not acknowledged, it cannot stand aside and look the other way. It must speak out loud and clear about the principles that drive us.

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