ESL Vocabulary and Idioms

Re: turn a blind eye

Antonija — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:02:04 GMT

Thank you Mister Pedantic.

Re: turn a blind eye

MrPedantic — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:17:00 GMT

Yes; otherwise, it seems to suggest that the blind eye is turned towards marriage. Perhaps "justifies" would do better than "warrant", though.

See you,

MrP

Re: turn a blind eye

Antonija — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:40:12 GMT

MrPedantic wrote:

The blind eye bit sounds a little strange to me. What about:

I guess that marriage, that sacred military service which is being served with no end in sight, warrants at least the occasional turning of a blind eye, or both eyes and the third eye.

MrP

Is ''deserve'' akward here, I see that you have chosen ''warrant''.

Re: turn a blind eye

julielai — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:06:36 GMT

My question is, of course: who is the commander and who is the foot soldier?

Re: turn a blind eye

MrPedantic — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:16:59 GMT

The blind eye bit sounds a little strange to me. What about:

I guess that marriage, that sacred military service which is being served with no end in sight, warrants at least the occasional turning of a blind eye, or both eyes and the third eye.

MrP

Re: turn a blind eye

Antonija — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:13:42 GMT

You are absolutely right Alan. The author is ironic, but yet she knows she can't do anything about it.

I like reading it, although there are some parts that are far-fetched, you'll see...

Re: turn a blind eye

Alan.es — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:09:30 GMT

( big smile )

I would say yes you can but many may disagree.

It's very strange language to talk about marriage - "that sacred military service".

However if you've got a few years in like me it can sometimes feel like that ( very big smile )!

Underneath it all I get the impression that the original author is, as you say, quite ironic yet totally supportive of marriage.

turn a blind eye

Antonija — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:16:40 GMT

Can I play with this idiom like this in a sentence:

I guess that marriage, that sacred military service which is being served with no end in sight, deserves a little bit of turning a blind eye, or both eyes and the third eye.

Thank you