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Idiom: Turn A Blind Eye
Meaning of “Turn A Blind Eye“:
- Refuse to acknowledge something you know is real or legit.
Usage of “Turn A Blind Eye“:
- And at some universities, athletic departments turn a blind eye and don’t text the students who are known to smoke dope, ESPN reports. (Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) – April 19, 2012).
- Toxic waste is being dumped in poor communities whose governments turn a blind eye. Millions of acres of irreplaceable primeval forest are purposely being … (The Guardian (blog) – April 20, 2012).
- “The US will not admit to its role in the process, so it chooses to turn a blind eye to India’s behaviour.” China’s State-run media also quoted experts as … (The Hindu – April 20, 2012).
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Idiom: Tongue-in-cheek
Meaning of “Tongue-in-cheek“:
- Humor, not to be taken serious.
Usage of “Tongue-in-cheek“:
- To be sure, most of the time the mocking denigration was done in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way, and they really weren’t looking to offend me as an American. (The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. – April 19, 2012).
- As a history teacher, I would caution (with tongue in cheek) the Times from hitting Miami too hard about its lack of city status in the 1880s. (Tampabay.com – April 20, 2012).
- So Biffle’s answer to the question about the driver ranking at RFR had an unmistakable tongue-in-cheek flavor. “No, I still think the No. (Nascar – April 20, 2012).
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Idiom: To Steal Someone’s Thunder
Meaning of “To Steal Someone’s Thunder“:
- To take the credit for something someone else did. To “steal someone’s thunder” is either to take credit for the idea of another or to lessen the effect of another’s ideas by suggesting the same idea first.
Usage of “To Steal Someone’s Thunder“:
- Landry, who wrote a later letter to the Budget Committee with 71 co-signers, says Boustany tried to steal his thunder — and he doesn’t say it nicely. (Politico – April 15, 2012).
- Chameleone feared he would not get the reception he expected if they were also in London and saw to it that they don’t go to steal his thunder. Aha! (The Observer (blog) – April 18, 2012).
- The hardworking guy beats the guy who rumbled in to steal his thunder. I’m sure you’ve all heard the reports of Dave Bautista and Brock Lesnar being in … (Poughkeepsie Journal (blog) – Apr 1, 2012).
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Idiom: To Make A Long Story Short
Meaning of “To Make A Long Story Short“:
- Something someone would say during a long and boring story in order to keep his/her audience from losing attention. Usually the story isn’t shortened.
Usage of “To Make A Long Story Short“:
- So, to make a long story short, the bird eluded me. Daniel had little or no success, either. Once back at camp, however, he decided to search his truck one … (Hattiesburg American – April 20, 2012).
- “To make a long story short,” said Clark, “the city manager called me apologizing that it was a total mistake and that they’re putting the sign back up.” (Vallejo Times-Herald – April 20, 2012).
- To make a long story short, I won the contest. By junior year, I had slept with over 300 guys. I now have HIV and herpes. On top of that, I experience … (Chicago Sun-Times – April 16, 2012).
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