Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
turn a blind eye to
Arabic translation:
غض الطرف عن
Added to glossary by
Sinan Alobaidi
Jan 12, 2023 11:55
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English term
Iraq
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turn a blind eye to
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
An idiom, can you please suggest a similar SAL idiom?
Proposed translations
(Arabic)
| 5 +2 | غض الطرف عن |
Mowafak Mohamed
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| 5 | (ي)غض الطرف |
Khemais Chaieb
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| 3 | "شاهد ما شافش حاجة" |
Semper Fidelis
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Change log
Apr 23, 2023 14:39: Sinan Alobaidi Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Mowafak Mohamed
Egypt
Egypt
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Egypt
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غض الطرف عن
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Note added at 2 mins (2023-01-12 11:58:23 GMT)
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To turn a blind eye: ignore something that you know is wrong.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/turn-a-b...
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Note added at 3 mins (2023-01-12 11:58:55 GMT)
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If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-turn...
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Note added at 2 mins (2023-01-12 11:58:23 GMT)
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To turn a blind eye: ignore something that you know is wrong.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/turn-a-b...
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Note added at 3 mins (2023-01-12 11:58:55 GMT)
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If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-turn...
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Primatranslator
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2 mins
(ي)غض الطرف
يغض الطرف
يتجاهل
يتجاهل
10 hrs
Semper Fidelis
Lebanon
Lebanon
Native in Arabic
Lebanon
Localized English Arabic Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Lebanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA)) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, French to Arabic, and 2 more.
"شاهد ما شافش حاجة"
لو يتحمل السياق ذلك
Example sentence:
حاله كحال "شاهد ما شافش حاجة"
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