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- Turning_a_blind_eye abstract "Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information.The phrase to turn a blind eye is attributed to an incident in the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson was blinded in one eye early in his Royal Navy career. During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 the cautious Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, in overall command of the British forces, sent a signal to Nelson's forces ordering them to discontinue the action. Naval orders were transmitted via a system of signal flags at that time. When this order was given to the more aggressive Nelson's attention, he lifted his telescope up to his blind eye, said \"I really do not see the signal\", and most of his forces continued to press home the attack. The frigates supporting the line-of-battle ships did break off, in one case suffering severe losses in the retreat. There is a misconception that the order was to be obeyed at Nelson's discretion, but this is contradicted by the fact that it was a general order to all the attacking ships (some of whom did break off), and that later that day Nelson openly stated that he had \"fought contrary to orders\". Sir Hyde Parker was recalled in disgrace and Nelson appointed Commander-in-Chief of the fleet following the battle.".
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- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink Cognitive_dissonance.
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson.
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink Hyde_Parker_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1739).
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink Idiom.
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- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink Three_wise_monkeys.
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLink Willful_blindness.
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLinkText "Turning a blind eye".
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLinkText "looking the other way".
- Turning_a_blind_eye wikiPageWikiLinkText "to his blind eye".
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- Turning_a_blind_eye subject Category:English_phrases.
- Turning_a_blind_eye subject Category:Ethics.
- Turning_a_blind_eye hypernym Idiom.
- Turning_a_blind_eye type Technique.
- Turning_a_blind_eye comment "Turning a blind eye is an idiom describing the ignoring of undesirable information.The phrase to turn a blind eye is attributed to an incident in the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson was blinded in one eye early in his Royal Navy career. During the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 the cautious Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, in overall command of the British forces, sent a signal to Nelson's forces ordering them to discontinue the action.".
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